Madness in Hyderabad. First shock of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2019-20 was on the cards, but a last-minute goal from Roy Krishna, courtesy horror goalkeeping from Kamaljit Singh, gave two-time champions ATK a point at the GMC Balayogi Stadium on Saturday. All started with horror decision from the referee, who dared point at the spot after the ball hit the chest of Ashish Rai. Krishna gleefully converted, then saw Bobo burying two headers. But that's not enough for Hyderabad FC. The result meant that ATK moved to second spot 15 from nine matches, while Hyderabad are 10th in the ten-team league, with five points from as many games. Catch highlights of Hyderabad FC (HFC) Vs ATK (ATK) match here.
Full-Time - Hyderabad FC 2-2 ATK
90+5' - Hyderabad get a good chance to restore the lead, but that's all. Good defending from ATK. Madness in Hyderabad is over.
90+1' - Four minutes added on. Marcelinho is down. And is replaced by Sahil Panwar.
90' - What a mess. Roy Krishna hits back. Kamaljit Singh makes a mess by slicing a goal kick, then leaving the line. Krishna chips the ball and after hitting the bar, and goal. And fight between Adil Khan and Kamaljit. The goalie just needed to launch a long ball. Overconfident.
88' - Adil Khan booked for a tackle on Roy Krishna.
87' - Change for ATK. Balwant Singh on, Mandi off.
86' - Yellow card for Robin Singh.
85' - Goal! Then, Bobo buries another one from a Marcelinho delivery.
81' - Robin Singh, on the right, gets a long ball. But his cross is a skier. Way off target.
80' - With ten minutes in the regulation time, free kick for Hyderabad. A good delivery from Marcelinho, only to see the ball go out of play.
79' - Sub for Hyderabad. Robin Singh on, Rohit Kumar off.
77' - Tussle between Marcelinho and Sumit Rathi, and the ATK player is down.
76' - He goes for the far post and Arindam Bhattacharja goes for the ball. Goal-kick.
75' - Marcelo Pereira wins a free kick for Hyderabad. Sub for ATK. Sehnaj Singh off, Michael Soosairaj on.
73' - Brief stoppage of play. A player down.
69' - Marcelinho on with a run from a through ball, but his turn, a bad one, just outside the box let him down. Before that ATK made their first change. Jobby Justin off, Prabir Das on.
67' - Change for Hyderabad. Nestor Gordillo off, Mohammed Yasir on.
66' - Hyderabad are having one of their best-attacking play. A couple of minutes ago, Arindam Bhattacharja left his line to go for a high ball. Fraught with danger. Then a handball inside the ATK box by an ATK player (Javi Hernandez) wasn't noticed. Pathetic.
64' - Sehnaj Singh gets a booking a late challenge on Giles Barnes. Free-kick to Hyderabad.
60' - Hyderabad defender Gurtej Singh wins a dangerous header, against high boot, as ATK try to clear a threat.
59' - Another brilliant play from Adil Khan to win the ball from David Williams just inside the box, but ATK still get on the ball and Jobby Justin goes for the goal. No harm done to Hyderabad.
57' - Throw-in for Hyderabad after some desperate defending inside their own half, with Nikhil Poojary winning the ball back from Pritam Kotal at the fat corner. Marcelo Pereira gets a long ball, against a defender, but he's beaten.
54' - Sehnaj Singh commits a foul to Bobo, and free-kick to Hyderabad. Nothing comes off from the set-piece.
51' - Another wave of ATK attack. In the latest move, Roy Krishna tries to find David Williams up ahead of the field. But Williams fails to read the move. But good work from Adil Khan to intercept the ball.
49' - Free-kick for Hyderabad inside the ATK half. Javier Hernandez's delivery from the set-piece is cut short with some good defending from ATK defenders.
47' - Another brilliant move from ATK. Jobby Justin beats Nikhil Poojary in the air to connect a Javier Hernandez delivery and goes for the top corner. Just misses. Ominous signs.
46' - Second half underways. And a promising start for ATK. David Williams's cross inside the box finds Roy Krishna, but the header just misses the target.
Entertaining half in Hyderabad with the referee playing his cards in rather controversial fashion. Two contentious decisions, both against the hosts. First, a penalty for the ball touching the chest of Ashish Rai. A gracious Roy Krishna slotted from the spot to give the visitors lead. Then, a hand-ball not given against Krishna, just outside the ATK box. But the hosts kept themselves in the match courtesy a brilliant header from Bobo. Expect more goals.
First-Half - Hyderabad FC 1-1 ATK
45+2' - Sumit Rathi catches Ashish Rai late and is booked. Free-kick to Hyderabad. And corner. Nothing more from the set-piece. And that's all.
45' - A cross from Pritam Kotal and Javier Hernandez's header misses the target. Two minutes added on.
44' - ATK are having the better of exchanges. Javier Hernandez takes a beautiful turn at the centre. Bobo tracks back to win the ball back.
42' - Ashish Rai with a good move, tries to find Nikhil Poojary. But Arindam Bhattacharja is alert.
41' - Sumit Rathi and Adil Khan in a bad tangle. Rathi is down. Moments before, Roy Krishna gets on with a move only to see Gurtej Singh block his effort.
39' - GOAL! Hyderabad's persistence in the last couple of minutes pays off. Nestor Jesus Benitez sends in a cross and Bobo heads in a header.
34' - Javier Hernandez on the right, beats Ashish Rai, to create another chance for the visitors. Some desperate defending from Hyderabad.
33' - Brilliant keeping from Kamaljit Singh. Leaving his line to thwart another ATK move at the edge of the box.
31' - Another move from ATK, and yet another attempt from Roy Krishna.
30' - Nothing in there. Javier Hernandez falls on the slightest push from Adil Khan and the referee is fooled. What do you expect? Free kick to ATK.
29' - ATK keep the pressure on. Roy Krishna goes for the long ranger, from just outside the D, and his attempt fails to hit the target.
25' - David Williams gets himself inside the box but slow reinforcement from fellow ATK players means that Hyderabad get enough time to thwart the move.
23' - ATK are playing with 14 men. The assistant referee on the left denies a massive handball to Hyderabad. A clear handball, outside the box. A free-kick should be given there. Roy Krishna is lucky. Marcelinho is furious. Then the home side get themselves another chance but goes out for a goal-kick after some goal-mouth melee. Adil Khan, on the ball, at a very good area decides to roll back the ball instead of going for the goal.
20' - Hyderabad are keeping themselves interested. Another good ball from Marcelinho, but Agustin Iniguez averts the danger with a clear header.
19' - Marcelinho's teasing cross leaves Arindam in a spot of bother, but Gurtej Singh fails to connect his head. What a miss.
17' - Another good move from ATK. Jobby Justin beats Nikhil Poojary in the right then sends in cross for Roy Krishna. But the Fijian takes too much time on the ball, and is dispossessed.
16' - GOAL! And Roy Krishna sends Kamaljit Singh the wrong way to slot home on the left bottom.
13' - High Drama. Penalty and lot of jostling on. What a mess from the referee. Ball hits Asish Rai's chest but given a penalty. This referee, Senthil Nathan, is a shame.
10' - Good move from Roy Krishna and David Williams to start an ATK move. Sehnaj Singh wastes it by going for the long-ranger and over the bar.
9' - First YELLOW CARD. Hyderabad's Giles Barnes booked for a sliding tackle on Mandi.
8' - Wow! ATK lose possession and Marcelo Pereira starts a play and Bobo sets up Nestor Jesus Benitez for a run inside the box, on the left side, and the debutant goes for the goal. Manages to flicker the side netting. Good attempt.
6' - Clumsy challenge, from the back, by Javier Hernandez on Ashish Rai. Free kick to Hyderabad.
4' - Mandi Sosa wins a foul after Adil Khan brings him down. From the set-piece, Javier Hernandez finds Salam Ranjan. But the Manipuri fails to find the target with his header.
3' - Hyderabad FC get the first free-kick of the match, but end up defending after a quick counter-attack from ATCK.
1' - Direct from ATK. Eary goal kick for Hyderabad.
7:24 PM IST: Players and officials are out for the 43rd match of Indian Super League 2019-20. Kick-off next.
6:37 PM IST: Lines-up are here. Three changes for Hyderabad FC. Nestor Gordillo Benitez is making his ISL debut. Marcelinho and Rohit Kumar return. Rafa Lopez Gomes is injured, while Sahil Panwar and Robin Singh are warming the bench. For the visitors, Edu Garcia, Michael Soosairaj and Prabir Das are replaced by Sumit Rathi, Jobby Justin and Mandi Sosa.
Hyderabad FC XI - Kamaljit Singh (GK, 1 ), Adil Khan (5), Matthew Kilgallon (5), Giles Barnes (7), Bobo (9), Marcelo Pereira (C, 10), Gurtej Singh (13), Nestor Jesus Benitez (14), Rohit Kumar (19), Nikhil Poojary (27), Asish Rai (44).
Subs: Laxmikant Kattamani (GK, 33), Mohammed Yasir (32), Sahil Panwar (3), Laldanmawia Ralte (17), Shankar Sampingraj (16), Abhishek Halder (11), Robin Singh (23)
ATK XI - Arindam Bhattacharja (GK, 29), Sumit Rathi (2), Mandi (3), David Williams (9), Agustin Iniguez (14), Javier Hernandez (19), Pritam Kotal (C, 20), Roy Krishna (21), Jobby Justin (22), Ranjan Salam (24), Sehnaj Singh (26)
Subs: Dheeraj Moirangthem (GK, 1), Prabis Das (33), Ricky Lallawmawma (6), Balwant Singh (15), Jayesh Rane (16), Komal Thatal (7), Michael Soosairaj (23).
The hosts have only registered four points from eight fixtures this season, with Phil Brown's outfit having only notched a single point from their last five games. Meanwhile, ATK are third in the standings, with 14 points (off eight matches).
The visitors also have a chance to go on top of the table with a victory.
With the worst defence in the league, Hyderabad have conceded 17 goals in eight matches. Meanwhile, ATK have the best attack with 16 goals. It will a tough task for the home side's backline to handle Roy Krishna and David Williams. Also, Hyderabad's frontline has been abysmal, scoring only seven goals.
Also, the hosts will be aiming for revenge after ATK cruised past them, 5-0 in an earlier fixture.
Ahead of the match, Hyderabad head coach, Phil Brown said, "I think if we look at the first game, we were humiliated that day. As a coach, I will never want that to happen again. That day we weren’t good enough with and without the ball. But now with eight or nine games down the line, we are a different team. We have a different thought process."
"If you consider the league table it is a concern where we are. But we are hoping that in the second half of the season we will do something about it," he added.
Meanwhile, ATK head coach Antonio Habas said, "Three points against Hyderabad is very important. The Goa game is in the past for me. The match will be very very difficult. Hyderabad have good players and a good coach. They are waiting for this game for nine days. In this league, all matches are very competitive. A small decision or a small mistake will turn the scoreline."
