Riding on Jamie Maclaren’s file second-minute purpose, Mohun Bagan Super Giant prolonged their dominance within the Kolkata derby with a 1-0 win over conventional rivals East Bengal FC of their Indian Super League match in Guwahati on Saturday. The match was moved to the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium after the Bidhannagar Police, below whose jurisdiction the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata falls, cited issues over insufficient safety due to the continuing Gangasagar Mela. Jamie Maclaren scored the quickest purpose of the Kolkata derby in ISL and it was sufficient for the reigning champions to see out their arch-rivals, whereas going eight factors clear (35) on the prime of the desk, in comparison with the second-placed Bengaluru FC (27).
The Mariners have now gained 9 instances and drawn as soon as of their 10 derby clashes in opposition to East Bengal FC within the ISL.
The Mariners began the sport strongly as Maclaren handed them the early lead within the second minute.
The East Bengal FC backline was caught off-guard as Asish Rai’s lengthy ball discovered Maclaren in house. After receiving the ball, he misplaced his marker and slotted it previous an onrushing Prabhsukhan Gill with none issue.
Around the sixth minute mark, it was East Bengal FC’s flip to assault they usually did get two nice alternatives to equalise by PV Vishnu and Cleiton Silva. But, each the gamers weren’t medical sufficient as they noticed their makes an attempt get blocked.
In the twenty first minute, the Mariners virtually doubled their lead when Maclaren discovered Manvir Singh with a telling cross. However, the latter’s shot was straight at Gill with your entire purpose discovered gaping.
East Bengal FC gained plenty of momentum as the primary half got here to a detailed with the likes of Jeakson Singh, Vishnu and Cleiton getting on the ball within the ultimate third and creating issues for the Mohun Bagan Super Giant backline. However, they weren’t medical sufficient to finish the primary half on degree phrases.
The second half was extraordinarily cagey with the Mariners having fun with the lion’s share of possession, however they weren’t in a position to break down East Bengal FC’s resolute defence. Whereas, Oscar Bruzon’s males had been seeking to hit the Mariners with their gritty counter-attacks. But there weren’t many possibilities of notice within the first quarter of the second half.
Things took a drastic flip within the sixty fourth minute when Souvik Chakrabarti introduced down Liston Colaco close to the penalty space, solely to obtain his second yellow card adopted by subsequent marching orders.
With one purpose down, East Bengal FC had been now chasing the sport with 10 males. As a retaliation, Bruzon introduced on Naorem Mahesh Singh rather than David Lalhlansanga with the hope of solidifying the midfield.
In the seventy fifth minute, Jose Molina freshened issues up as he changed Jason Cummings with Greg Stewart. He virtually made an instantaneous affect when he launched Liston on the left flank, however his subsequent effort was blocked by Gill.
Just like within the first half, East Bengal FC had been on the ascendancy for the ultimate 10 minutes within the second half and subsequently the likes of Dimitrios Petratos and Deepak Tangri got here on late within the recreation with the hope of closing out the match.
The Red & Golds threw our bodies ahead in the previous few minutes of the sport however they lacked high quality within the ultimate third to interrupt by the defence of the Mariners as they continued their near-perfect file within the fixture.
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