ISL: Dominant Mohun Bagan muscle Mohammedan 4-0, extend lead at top

Subhasish Bose and Manvir Singh scored a brace of goals each as Mohun Bagan Super Giant came up with a dominant display defeating city rivals Mohammedan SC 40 in the Indian Super League ISL 202425 season at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krinangan here on SaturdaySubhasish Bose scored in the 12th and 43th minutes while Manvir Singh added a goal each in 20th and 53rd minutes which saw the Mariners breach the Mohammedan SC defence With this win the Mariners moved 10 points clear at the top of the points table this season They now have 43 points and the secondplaced FC Goa have 33 to their name This was also Vishal Kaithrsquos 50th ISL cleansheet as he became the first goalkeeper to register such a featThe Mariners started the match with a lot of panache and momentum as they kept pushing the Mohammedan SC backline early on in the game They eventually found the back of the net in the 12th minute from a corner kick delivered by Liston ColacoMohammedan SC initially defended the ball but Jamie Maclaren held it up brilliantly before playing it to Dippendu Biswas who took an effort towards the goal and Subhasish was in the right position to slot it home past Padam Chhetri in goal to score his fifth goal of the season He has now scored more goals this season than all his other seasons in the competition combined Manvir Singh stepped up in the 20th minute to double the lead for the Mariners It was a great corner delivered by Jason Cummings on the near post and before Padam could react Manvir rose the highest and nestled it into the back of the netMohun Bagan Super Giant almost found the third when Cummings in a more creative role made a run down the left flank before squaring it to Maclaren However Florent Ogier was alert to the danger and made a timely interception to disrupt the promising move After the drinks break Carlos Franca made a couple of telling runs but the Mariners backline did enough to smother those opportunitiesHowever Mohammedan SC were again pegged back when Mohun Bagan SG found their third goal of the game in the 43rd minute Cummings came up with the delivery from a freekick before Maclaren set it up with a deft touch for Subhasish to slot it home once again 30Mohammedan SCrsquos best chance of the first half fell to Manvir Singh Saini from a corner delivered by Mirjalol Kasimov The youngster was the first to react but his header was tipped over the bar by Vishal Kaith But things took a drastic turn for the hosts when Kasimov in frustration swiped his leg at Tom Aldred when he was down on the ground The referee saw the action and handed him marching orders right at the stroke of halftimeThe second half started with Alexis Gomez coming close to scoring from a freekick just outside the box Later Cummingsrsquo freekick wasnrsquot properly gathered by Padam and Manvir almost capitalised on the stray ball But it was eventually cleared away by Mohammedan SC defenders However he scored the fourth goal in the 53rd minute when he headed it home past Padam from Cummingsrsquo exceptional cross from the left flank 40Later Jose Molina introduced Dimitrios Petratos and Abhishek Suryavanshi replacing Manvir and Sahal Abdul Samad As the match progressed the Mariners controlled the tempo of the game with Cummings being the centre of most of their attacks In the 74th minute Petratos had a crack at the goal after Liston Colaco found him with a great ball While Padam saved the initial effort Maclaren picked up the ricochet and tried his luck but Ogier came up with a fine blockThe Mariners had a flurry of chances to score more goals but they werenrsquot at their clinical best Despite that Molinarsquos men secured their 13th win of the season whilst clocking the 11th cleansheetMohammedan SC will next face Hyderabad FC on February 8 whereas Mohun Bagan SG will play Punjab FC on February 5This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever