With his team failing to create the magic they had shown in the last three matches, coach Antonio Habas hauled off Anas Edathodika and Soosairaj for 20-year-old Sumit Rathi and Jobby Justin. The former was making his ISL debut. It was the latter, however, who could have made a greater impact with his first touch had Nanda Kumar Sekar not made a goal-line clearance.