Mumbai June 7 (IANS) Moses Dyer s late goal helped New Zealand edge past India 2-1 in an Intercontinental Cup match at the Mumbai Football Arena here on Thursday.
India skipper Sunil Chhetri opened the scoring in the 46th minute through a fantastic goal his seventh consecutive in home games but the hosts failed to keep the lead and conceded the equaliser the very next minute.
New Zealand s A. De Jong dodged the offside trap and got behind a good through ball from Sarpreet cutting past Salam Ranjan to equalise as India gifted their first goal of the tournament.
Even as the match was going to a dull draw Dyer netted the winner in the 86th minute to hand the visitors a victory.
Sarpreet got past three defenders and gave a deft flick to the Manukau United man who jumped on the ball and slammed his first international goal.

--IANS gau/tri/vd