Manipur drub Jharkhand 5-1 for fourth straight win in Group 6
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 29 2023:
Manipur continued their peerless form in Group VI of the 76th Santosh Trophy by sealing their four straight victory with a 5-1 drubbing of Jharkhand at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium here on Sunday.
The result sees Manipur top Group VI with 12 points from four games.
The state squad will next play Punjab on January 31.Manipur were in action mode from the word go and their attacking prowess was on full display when they pumped in three goals inside seven minutes.
The hosts started off with a 3rd-minute opener from Kishan Thongam as Carrick Mangminlun doubled the lead in the 5th minute before Ronald Shaikhom made it 3-0 two minutes later.
Jharkhand looked clueless and were off the scoreboard through the halftime whistle.
After the break, Manipur added two goals with Singam Subash on target in the 77th minute and Pangambam Naoba Meitei making his strike count in the 87th minute.
Jharkhand's only goal came only in the 89th minute through Rohit Tigga as Manipur earned their fourth consecutive win.
Punjab, meanwhile, thumped Himachal Pradesh 5-0.Rohit opened the scoring after two minutes and then Abhishek extended their lead in the 28th minute before Parmjit Singh tripled their advantage in the 34th minute via a penalty kick.
Abhishek rounded off their collection after scoring his second in the 74th minute.
In other Group VI match, Chandigarh came from behind to beat Lakshadweep 3-1 with strikes from Naorem Gobindash Singh (63), Swanya Hardik Singh (65) and Kunal Singh (69) after Mohammed Shareef P put Lakshadweep in front in the 29th minute.