Mohun Bagan Super Giant scored thrice without a reply to convincingly overpower Jamshedpur FC (3-0) in a match-week nine encounter of ISL-11, at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Saturday. The win saw Mohun Bagan SG displacing the current leader Bengaluru FC from the top of the current standings. Both teams were tied on 17 points each (from eight matches) but Mohun Bagan claimed the top spot on a better goal difference. Mohun Bagan led 2-0 at the break after seeing Tom Aldred and Liston Colaco scoring once each. Jamie Maclaren scored one late in the second half to complete the Mohun Bagan tally.
Controlling the tempo of the action right from the first quarter, Mohun Bagan went into the lead in the 15th minute off a successful set-piece conversion. A Dimitri Petratos corner was cleared by the Jamshedpur defence but Mohun Bagan midfielder Deepak Tangri retrieved the ball to set it up into the crowded box, where Aldred finished with a nice volley. Liston Colaco came up with a spectacular show of dribbling skill as he weaved past four JFC defenders to score his first goal of the ISL season and doubled Mohun Bagan’s lead just before the break (45+2 minutes).
Mohun Bagan SG took the match beyond Jamshepur’s reach in the 75th minute when Tangri found Manvir Singh on the right with a long floater. The Mohun Bagan midfielder ran ahead of the JFC defence and set up Maclaren to tap it home.
The result: Mohun Bagan SG 3 (Tom Aldred 15, Liston Colaco 45+2, Jamie Maclaren 75) bt Jamshedpur FC 0.
Published – November 23, 2024 10:18 pm IST
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