A goal, an assist and an entire stadium chanting on his 'genius'– Erik Paartalu could not have hoped for a better return to football and the Indian Super League (ISL) after missing the first three games because of an injury.
The Australian midfielder opened the scoring in Bengaluru’s 3-0 win over Chennaiyin FC with a simple header to Dimas Delgado’s delivery from the corner. Later, he played a sublime aerial through-ball to provide Thongkhosiem Haokip for his first goal of the season.
Paartalu is one of the most important players in the squad and on Sunday he showed why.