Arya held on for a 2-0 win over Mezers in the Kolkata Premier Division regular season on Wednesday. The result keeps the hosts in seventh place while the visitors remain thirteen. The match finished with a flurry of activity in the final minutes.
And here's the thing about this one — two goals came in the closing stages. The first arrived in the 88th minute, followed almost immediately by another in the 89th. By then the game was effectively decided, though neither side had seen much of the ball before that.
Arya sit on 19 points from 11 games, with five wins and four draws. Mezers have 15 points from the same run of matches, three victories and six draws between them. The gap of four points separates them in the table, and this result makes it harder for the visitors to climb.
The hosts have been difficult to break down recently. They drew 1-1 with Pireless last time out and went goalless against Vari before that. Mezers came into this fixture after a 4-1 victory over Rainbow, which looked like a turnaround from their earlier draw with Coal India.
A win takes Arya closer to the upper half of the standings. Mezers will need to find consistency if they want to move away from the bottom third. The late goals were enough to settle the matter without drama.