10-man Esteghlal beat Peykan

MNA - 10-man Esteghlal beat Peykan 3-2 in the 12th week of the Iranian Professional League (IPL) in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Monday.
Saeid Lotfi Peykan defender, former Esteghlal player, scored the first goal of the match in the 23rd minute, putting a ball into Esteghlal’s net across the goal line.

10 minutes later, referee Saeid Mozaffarizadeh showed the penalty spot after Khosro Heidari was brought down by Peykan defender. Arash Borhani converted the penalty kick to equal the game.

Borhani’s header put Esteghlal into the lead in the 38th minute in front of about 30,000 fans.

Borhani completed his hat-trick in the 42nd minute, receiving a cross from Mojtaba Jabbari from edge of the six yards zone and scored with a acrobatic right-footed volley.

Yadollah Akbari was sent off eight minutes into the second half, collecting his second yellow card. Shortly after, Peykan was dominant team and put the hosts under pressure.

Iman Heydari finally pulled a goal back in the 80th minute but it was not enough to prevent the visiting team defeat.

Esteghlal is placed third in IPL standing with 21 points, behind Peykan and Zob Ahan of Isfahan with 24 and 25 points respectively.