We can’t take Myanmar lightly: Sunil Chhetri

TIL Desk Sports/ Captain Sunil Chhetri on Sunday said that India’s AFC Asian Cup qualifiers rivals Myanmar were no pushovers and his side will not take the visitors lightly in their encounter on Tuesday.

Despite being the sole team from Group A to have already qualified for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, the players are not in a mood to let the momentum slip as India presently stay unbeaten in 13 international matches.

Chhetri, who scored the winner the last time the two teams met in Yangon earlier this year, described Myanmar as a “compact side”. “The entire country will get to see their technicalities when we meet them. There is no shame in admitting that they dominated us when we played in Yangon. But we were resilient.

Also do not forget that they came back from 0-2 down to make it 2-2 against Kyrgyz Republic. That speaks of their strength,” Chhetri said. “It may sound cliche but we need to prove a point. We can not take the foot off the pedal and need to continue our winning streak,” he said after the players landed in Goa today for the match on November 14.