Punjab United win 3-2, against VCD in the Premier Division.

It was a successful night for Punjab as they bring home all 3 points in a 3-2 win over league leaders VCD Athletic. It was a goal fest so, here’s the run down of all the goals and all the events that happened in the game

The game had its first moment of action following a stunning thrown in ball into the box by Chris Edwards, the ball was headed into the path of Jack Hopkins, who was able to smash it home, through the goal keepers legs and into the back of the goal in the 12th minute! This would be first of many for Punjab

Not even 5 minutes later, another is buried into the back of the net, following a brilliant bending corner from Chris Edwards, the ball beautifully lands on a flying Bushells head, who slams it into the roof of the net, to make it 2 goals in a row for Punjab.

Later on in the 26th minute Jack Hopkins goes in with a tackle, in a bid to regain possession, however he miss timed and ended up in a 50/50 situation. Many Punjab fans would tell you that he had his eye on the ball the whole time, and even though Hopkins had no malicious intent, in the eyes of the referee it was a red card, and Hopkins game ended there.

In the 34th minute, new signing, Tarik makes an amazing run on the left, the ball firmly at his feet, the footwork is supreme, the defender is confused, Tarik capitalised and smashes it into the bottom left corner, leaving the goalkeeper for dead. 1 man down? No problem, it was now 3-0.

With 3 fantastic goals, Punjab have one of their best first half performances ever, and who better to do it against, than the league leaders. Let’s get this second half going.

Even though the second half was slower on the attack, we can always rely on our man behind the sticks to keep the match lively, he pulls a slick, well under-pressure Neuer esque turn, to drop the VCD player inside the 6-yard box

There is then problems at then back and VCD capitalise as Robert Burton scores a goal in the 75th minute, much to the dismay of the Punjab fans

With tensions rising, the quite frankly poor officiating got to the Punjab manager, who was sent off by the referee, but we all know he was still commanding the game close by.

Energy was running low deep into stoppage time, which led to a bit of a breakdown on the defence end, leading to an unlucky goal for VCD by Richard Jimoh, they were throwing everything at Punjab, could they hold on?

And breathe! What a dramatic game that was, with two sending offs, a total of 5 goals and a total of 3 points for Punjab. This match really proved what a unit Punjab United can be, VCDs defence wasn’t as tight as they wanted, and I’m sure Punjab wanted that clean sheet.

FT Score: Punjab United 3 – 2 VCD Athletic

HT Score: Punjab United 3 – 0 VCD Atheltic

XI and Subs: Punjab United

Bushell Edwards Thomas Barry Ratcliff (C) Hopkins Hayes Bushell Deakin Ibrahim Scudder; SUBS: Nyadzayo Campbell Vines Hudson Probets

XI and Subs: VCD Athletic

Waller Lawrence Cousins Byron (C) Dymond Fenn Olawole Amoah Freeman Bird Heatley; SUBS: Burton Whitelock Kelly Jimoh

Written by Sahib Khera.