ISL: Chennaiyin, Odisha play out a draw

Key Highlights

• While CFC opened its account on its third attempt, OFC played out its second successive draw.
• Chennaiyin was lucky not to be reduced to 10 men in the 26th minute, when Laldinliana Renthlei, being the last man, brought down Rahim Ali during an Odisha counterattack.
• The right-back escaped a send-off after the referee perhaps took into consideration where the foul was committed (close to the halfway line).
• The deadlock was broken by Elsinho’s pin-point header on the stroke of half-time.
• Farukh Choudhary delivered a sumptuous corner-kick to pick out the Brazilian, who rose the highest to bag his first goal in Indian football.