IMPHAL, May 20: Manipur blanked UP with a 6-0 scoreline in today’s match of the 66th Santosh Trophy National Football tournament which is being played at Bhubaneshor.
The match was marred by 15 minutes stoppage at the 68th minute of play due to a power-cut, the match continued in floodlight after that.
The state lads dominated the whole match, with Manipur leading 1-0 at half time.
However, by the 65th minute, Nabachandra scored a hattrick taking the scoreline to 4-0.
After play resume, Thoi added another in the 71st minute of play, while Naoton found the opposition’s net in the 85th minute.
The match ended 6-0 in favour of Manipur.
Meanwhile, angered by the black-out during the match, fans and visitors threw bottles into the playing ground.