ISL: Bagan win derby, open eight-point lead
Jan 12, 2025 05:02 AM IST
Kolkata: Mohun Bagan Tremendous Large beat East Bengal 1-0, sustaining their unbeaten ISL document and lengthening their lead on the prime to eight factors.
Kolkata: This was the second time within the week that Hijazi Maher erred. In opposition to Mumbai Metropolis FC on Monday, it had come late within the match. With East Bengal adopting a excessive line in Saturday’s derby, it got here within the second minute when the central defender was out of place and didn’t cease Ashish Rai’s lob. Jamie Maclaren didn’t want a second invitation and scored at Prabsukhan Gill’s close to submit.
The 1-0 win took Mohun Bagan Tremendous Large on 35 factors after 15 rounds and saved their unbeaten document intact towards East Bengal within the Indian Tremendous League (ISL). Mohun Bagan are eight clear on the prime, the hole between them and Bengaluru FC widening after Mohammedan Sporting received 1-0 by Mirjalol Kasimov’s beautiful free-kick earlier on Saturday.
Right down to 10 after 64 minutes when Souvik Chakraborty acquired his second reserving, for East Bengal it was extra of the identical: particular person errors and missing sharpness in entrance.
Selections from referee Venkatesh R, adjudged greatest within the enterprise in India final time period, didn’t assist East Bengal both.
Chakraborty’s first reserving, for a foul on Lalengmawia Ralte, was contentious and the primary half in Guwahati ended with East Bengal wanting like they have been denied a penalty. A shot from PV Vishnu hit Ralte’s hand which was away from his physique. East Bengal coach Oscar Bruzon mentioned he had little question that it was a penalty. It wasn’t the primary time this time period that East Bengal weren’t on the suitable aspect of what may have been a game-changing determination.
The perfect probabilities got here early. Vishnu and David Lalhlansanga discovered Cleiton Silva who delayed simply so and Tom Aldred managed an interception within the seventh minute. Silva, 37, has been a shadow of the participant who acquired 12 objectives in 2022-23 this time period. Within the twenty first minute, Manvir Singh may have put the match past doubt after Jason Cummings and Maclaren mixed to search out him however Gill produced a superb save to maintain East Bengal within the recreation. It saved the scoreline respectable on this scrappy match however did little to cease Mohun Bagan from marching to the ISL league protect.
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