David James, the former Portsmouth and England goalie, now plying his trade at ISL’s Kerala Blasters was unable to stop NorthEast United’s Sergio Contreras Pardo aka Koke from blasting the ball into the net. The 31 year old Malaga striker who saw stints at Marseilles, Aris Thessaloniki, and Houston Dynamo connected with a David Ngaihte pass into the box. Before that James had to deal with a Durga Boro long range thumper. The Blasters had a goal by Iain Hume ruled offside and despite the second half ministrations of former Newcastle and Cardiff City striker Michael Chopra failed to equalize.