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Phillip Adjah scores first career hat-trick as NEROCA defeat Punjab

Phillip Adjah has recorded his first hat-trick for club and country after netting thrice in NEROCA’s 4-3 triumph over Punjab in India’s I-League on Monday.

The visitors came into the game with the ambition of extending their unbeaten run to six games, however, they were hit for four by the hosts.

Adjah, the unfamiliar Ghanaian hero put NEROCA up with just five minutes into play. He got a delightful pass from Imran Khan before hitting his strike past goalkeeper Kiran Limbu.

Cameroon’s Aser Dipanda levelled matters three minutes later before the 21-year-old gave his side a 2-1 lead after skipping past Limbu in the 37th minute.