Mohun Bagan produced one of their best performances of the season to beat their old rivals 3-1 in the second leg of the Indian Premier League at the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday. Cleiton Silva missed a penalty in the 14th minute but it was one-way traffic for Mohun Bagan thereafter as he fired home through Jason Cummings Goals from Jason Cummings (27th minute), Liston Colaco (36th minute) and Dimitri Petratos (penalty – 45 3′) Crews led 3-0 at halftime. Saul Crespo (53rd) scored his first Indian Premier League goal to pull one back for East Bengal, but Mohun Bagan resumed their best form and ensured There were no further issues to maintain the 3-1 scoreline.
The victory took Mohun Bagan above Mumbai City at the top of the table on goal difference and into the play-offs.
Both sides currently have 36 points each, but Mohun Bagan remain the Shield favorites with one game remaining.
With this defeat, East Bengal exited the play-offs.
In the 8th minute, Mohun Bagan got an early opportunity. Petratos passed from the left to the unmarked Cummings, but his header went wide.
In the 13th minute, East Bengal got a penalty kick when Vishal Kes tripped Clayton who was in possession of the ball. But it turned out that Keys made a good save, reaching to his left to save Clayton’s penalty.
Suddenly, Cummings found himself in the perfect position on the edge of the box to score from the East Bengal keeper’s rebound to give Mohun Bagan a much-needed lead.
Jonny Koko launched the attack from midfield before Sahar won possession, but a mistake by the East Bengal defender put the ball in the path of Petratos.
The Australian soon had a shot on goal but it was pushed away by a goalkeeper who made a diving save. Cummings quickly took control of the ball and scored with his right foot in the upper left corner.
Within 10 minutes, Colaco extended Mohun Bagan’s lead in a similar manner to the previous game. This time, Petratos’ shot saw the ball bounce off the post but come back to him.
The Australian then passed the ball to an unmarked Colaco at the far post and the Indian midfielder took the necessary shot to give Mohun Bagan a 2-0 lead.
Sahar was tripped by Nanda Kumar in first-half stoppage time and Mohun Bagan was awarded another penalty, this time by Petratos, who converted the penalty to make it 3-0 at half-time. PTI TAP PDS PDS
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