Inter Turku miss chance to go top of Veikkausliiga by throwing lead away at HJK

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hjk-nmjJVR7B/inter-turku-QwkNUoNH/?mid=SYLurdV1"]HJK 2-1 Inter Turku[/a][/b][/p][p]With [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kups/nLBbqJDS/"]KuPS[/a] only earning a draw at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gnistan/Aa28K98n/"]Gnistan[/a] the previous evening, a win for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter-turku/QwkNUoNH/"]Inter Turku[/a] would give them a one-point lead after the first round of the second phase of the season, only their trip to Helsinki proved more difficult than KuPS'.[/p][p]By half-time, that didn't seem to be the case, as the away side took the lead with nine minutes of a closely-contested first half to play. The ball was worked out to [b]Albin Granlund on the right, and his cross was headed back across goal and in by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ahiabu-prosper/hx368WkM/"]Prosper Ahiabu[/a].[/b][/p][p]FC Inter had early chances after the break to double their lead, but not taking them came back to bite in the 53rd minute, when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mentu-pyry/rufi13Gs/"]Pyry Mentu[/a] got to the byline on the left and cut the ball back for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/borchers-mads/OfE2qhds/"]Mads Borchers[/a] to guide home[/b] with a first-time finish.[/p][embed guid="16709872-2af3-47d7-b4ea-7c573089a134" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO37iuCEAQk&t=2s" social-type="youtube" /][p]Having been well on top for the majority of the second half, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hjk/nmjJVR7B/"]HJK[/a] turned the match on its head in the final 10 minutes, when a ball over the top was taken down by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alho-nikolai/Yqjrg5ob/"]Nikolai Alho[/a] [b]into the path of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/simojoki-kaius/E78kUCrg/"]Kaius Simojoki[/a], who coolly finished[/b] what turned out to be the winner.[/p][p]It's a first defeat in six league games for the Turku side, and just their third in the league all season. Back-to-back wins have taken HJK to within two points of today's opponents and four from the leaders.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]Follow the Veikkausliiga on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]