ISL: Atletico beat Chennaiyin to jump to 2nd place

Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata came from a goal down to beat Chennaiyin FC 2-1 and jump to the second spot in the Indian Super League football tournament, in Kolkata, on Wednesday.

Raphael Augusto put the visitors ahead in the 27th minute before Atletico produced the turnaround with a superb display by man-of-the-match Sameehg Doutie.

The South African right winger brought in the equalizer before the interval and produced a fine assist in the 63rd minute for Iain Hume to score his fifth goal in the tournament.

Atletico jumped to the second place behind leaders FC Goa with 17 points from 11 matches, while Chennayin were rooted to the bottom of the table with 10 points from as many matches.

This was also the Kolkata outfit's first win at home in three matches as they returned to winning ways after two successive defeats at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan.

Raphael Augusto put Chennayin ahead in the 27th minute when the Brazilian took advantage of some sloppy defending by Augustin Fernandes to make a clincial finish.

Having conceded the first goal in front of the home crowd, Atletico lifted their game in what was a lackluster start for both the teams.