Manipur down in NE zone Santosh Trophy Football
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 27 2014:
Riding on an all round show from Kh Naoton, Manipur downed a hapless Arunachal Pradesh by 3 goals to 1 in the 68th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy, 2014 (North East Zone) today.
Relying on short crisp passes, Imran Khan combined with Gouro to take the ball deep into the territory of the AP team.
Gouro released the ball to an unmarked Kh Naoton who was lurking near the top of the penalty box.
Neatly controlling the ball, Naoton let loose a powerful shot in the 5th minute of the match to put his team ahead.
Lemon break was taken with Manipur leading by a solitary goal.
After the break, the AP players adopted a defensive approach with only one man up front.
Kh Naoton was at it again in the 80th minute of the match to rattle the net of the AP team and increase the margin to two goals to nil.
Kh Naoton had a hand in the third goal too, when he released a precise pass to Shushil who had no problem in finding the net in the 85 th minute.
The consolation goal for AP came in the dying minute of the match.