ISL 2023-24 : Mohun Bagan Super Giants wins 4-0 against Bengaluru FC to face Mumbai City FC for League Shield title

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Archito Chatterjee
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Bengaluru : Defending champion Mohun Bagan Super Giants outsmart Sunil Chhetri’s Bengaluru FC 4-0. Hector Yuste, Manvir Singh, Anirudh Thapa & Armando Sadiku were the goal scorers. With this important win, Mohun Bagan are in contention for League Shield battle against Mumbai City FC on April 15 in Kolkata.

Bengaluru’s disgraceful ISL campaign came to a hurtful end with this loss at their own home Ground. Such was their luck that skipper Sunil Chhetri missed a penalty from spot.

Bengaluru were the first to attack when Shivaldo twisted and turned to beat Amandeep on right wing. He found Chhetri with a cross into the box, only for the Skipper’s header to fly over Vishal Kaith’s frame.

Mohun Bagan’s centre-back Hector Yuste opened the scoring, volleying home from close range after a scramble in the box saw the ball fall kindly for him.

The Blues would have a chance to restore parity when Chhetri was impeded in the area, but the skipper’s take from the spot would come crashing back into play off the crossbar as Bagan took their lead down the tunnel.

Mohun Bagan began the 2nd half stronger, and would go on to score three times in the space of ten minutes, first through Manvir who would finish at Gurpreet’s near post (51’) after being set up by Joni Kauko’s back heel.

Anirudh Thapa’s goal (54’) would come soon after, with Dimi Petratos’ at the end of Gurpreet’s save from a Joni Kauko effort to square for Thapa to score the 3rd goal.

Bengaluru found themselves 4 goals down just shy of the hour mark when Armando Sadiku struck (59′), with Manvir finding him in a pocket of space to tap home past a hapless Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.

Mohun Bagan FC will now face Mumbai City FC on April 15 in their den Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, battling to claim the League Shield.

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