Three goals in the first half and another in the second helped Chennaiyin FC to pick a crucial victory over Delhi Dynamos...
Chennaiyin FC handed Delhi Dynamos a 4-0 thrashing at the Marina Arena on Tuesday with goals from John Mendoza (17’), Bruno Pelissarri ( 21’) and Jeje Lalpekhlua (40’ and 54’). The win takes Chennaiyin FC to the fourth position as they now trail Dynamos by a mere two points though the latter have a game in hand.
With Alessandro Potenza suspended, Mailson Alves was included in the starting eleven while Delhi named an unchanged lineup.
The first chance of the game came for the visitors as Nabi played Malouda through who could only prod the ball wide off the goal.
The opening goal came in the 17th minute when Doblas came off his line to head a ball clear from a Jeje’s floater after a quick counterattack. However, the ball came straight to Mendoza who made no mistake in slotting the ball into an empty net.
The very next minute saw Chicao test Edel with a powerful drive which saw Edel dive to his right to parry it away.
Chennaiyin FC doubled their lead in the 21st minute. Doblas’ miss-kick went straight to Pelissari who played it for Mendoza who in turn squared it for Jeje whose effort was blocked by Doblas, but the rebound fell kindly for Pelissari, who precisely curled it in.
The home side had a couple of more efforts but Raphael and Pelissari skied their shots. Just before the half hour mark, Malouda won the ball off Wadoo and set up Robin whose left footed shot was parried over the crossbar by Edel.
With five minutes to go, Chennaiyin got a third, after Raphael played Mendoza through after a one-two. The Colombian played a pinpoint cross to Jeje, who calmly slotted it past Doblas.
Chennaiyin walked off at half time to a standing ovation.
In the second half, Carlos made the second change as he introduced Hans Mulder for Vinicius after bringing on Richard Gadze in place of Nabi towards the end of the first half.
In the fifty fourth minute, superb work by Raphael found Mendoza in the box, whose shot was blocked by Anas on the line. However, Jeje was on hand to slot in his second and Chennaiyin’s fourth.
A foul by Khabra on Gadze saw him pick his fourth yellow card and will be suspended for the next tie against Mumbai City FC. Malouda’s subsequent free kick was headed straight at Edel by an unmarked Chicao.
With fifteen minutes to go, Gadze got into an impressive position down Chennai’s left but Dhanachandra and Mendy ensured the cross never came in. In the same minute, Chennai went to having seven Indian players on the pitch, a record this season, as Balwant came on for the impressive Pelissari.
Dhanachandra got clear of his marker and played in Jeje, whose attempt came back off Riise as the striker looked for his third goal.
The referee signaled three minutes of added time as Chennaiyin were content to play ping pong among themselves with the lion’s share of the possession, not letting Delhi much of the ball at all.
As the whistle blew, Delhi were aghast with themselves as Chennaiyin tamed the Lions and secured their first home clean sheet of the season thanks to a tactically astute all-round performance.
TOP SCORERS
| Player | Goals | Apps |
 S. MENDOZAStrikerChennaiyin FC | 10 | 11 |
 I. HUMEStrikerAtlético de Kolkata | 6 | 12 |
 S. CHHETRIStrikerMumbai City | 6 | 8 |
| C. DAGNALLStrikerKerala Blasters | 5 | 10 |
| R. GADZEStrikerDelhi Dynamos | 4 | 11 |
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