ATK Suffers Yet Another Home Defeat Against Chennaiyin FC

Change in coach brought no change in fortunes for ATK as the defending champions succumbed to Chennaiyin FC 1-2 in the Hero Indian Super League clash at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, on Thursday.
The departure of Teddy Sheringham meant technical director Ashley Westwood was in charge as interim chief coach. The man who took Bengaluru FC to the top of Indian football in the I-League and Federation Cup started his ISL career on a losing note, despite his team surging ahead through debutant Martin Paterson in the 44th minute. Chennaiyin FC struck back in the second session as Mailson Alves scored his first ever goal in the ISL to bring Chennaiyin on level terms in the 51st minute and then Jeje Lalpekhlua scored his seventh goal of the season to give the visitors all three points in the 64th minute.

This victory takes Chennaiyin FC to the top of the table, jumping two places with 23 points from 12 matches. ATK have 12 points from 11 matches.