ISL: Mohun Bagan thrashes Mohammedan Sporting 4-0

Subhasish Bose of Mohun Bagan scores against Mohammedan Sporting in an ISL match in Kolkata on Saturday.
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Mohun Bagan Super Giant strengthened its position on top of the standings with a 4-0 win over its city rival Mohammedan Sporting in an Indian Super League match at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Saturday.

Left-back Subhasish Bose and winger Manvir Singh shared the four goals for Bagan which increased its tally to 43 points from 19 matches to go 10 points clear of its nearest challenger FC Goa.

The Fatorda-based side has played two matches less in comparison and will be meeting the third-placed Jamshedpur FC (31 from 17) in a crucial match at Jamshedpur on Sunday. Sporting remained at the bottom with 11 points from 18 matches.

Bagan started with the right intent and secured the lead in the 12th minute following a corner when Subhasish
picked up a pass from his defensive colleague Dipendu Biswas with his left foot, kept his balance and finished with his right. Bagan doubled its lead off another corner in the 20th minute when Manvir nodded home Jason Cummings’ flag-kick.

Subhasish extended Bagan’s lead to 3-0 from a 43rd minute free-kick, when Jamie Maclaren flicked Cummings’ long delivery to set up an opportunity. Mohammedan Sporting was reduced to 10 men in injury time when its Uzbek midfielder Mirjalol Kasimov was sent off for kicking Bagan defender Tom Aldred.

Manvir Singh found his second and Bagan’s fourth goal in the 53rd minute when he diverted home a cross from Cummings with a nice header.

The result: Mohammedan Sporting 0 lost to Mohun Bagan 4 (Subhasish Bose 12, 43, Manvir Singh 20, 53).