The Super Gigant Mohun Bagan expanded his advantage at the top of the ISL classification, when on Monday he won the 1-0 victory from Bengalur FC at the Salt Lake stadium.
The spectacular mesh of Listona Colaco in the 74th minute was the point of difference between the sides.
Mariners won the 12th victory in the league in the campaign to achieve 40 points from 18 matches and opened a seven -point advantage over FC Goa from the second class, which has a game.
Bengalur, who has suffered the fourth loss in the last five performances, has 28 points from 18 matches to stay in third place.
It happened: Mohun Bagan SG vs Bengaluru FC
Blues controlled the pace of most of the opening session with their captain Sunil Chhetri finding two good scoring possibilities that he did not finish. The defense maintained a great shape and stopped Mohuna Bagan’s attacks, which were relatively few.
Chhetri’s first chance appeared in the 18th minute, when he tried a shot for a turn just to see his width effort. Bengaluru used the flank well to put together in the Mohun Bagan box with greater regularity.
Captain Bengalur had another great chance in the first half of the injury, but once again remained in Target.
The combination of Australian striker Ryan Williams, Spanish assistant Alberto Noguer and Indian Fullback Nikhil Pałojary realized the offensive plans of bengalur, and the visitors took over most of the ball.
Despite the fact that there is no major control over the ball, Mohun Bagan tried to find effective counterattacks.
One of such brittle mariner movements in the 74th minute ended the fight of Bengaluru, when Colaco ended with a fantastic salvo with the edge of the Bengaluru box to help the Calcutta team leave with the full amount of points.
Rahul Bheke had the opportunity to find a corrector from the corner in the last minute of the time added, but his headline went through the turn to the bar to continue finishing the misfortunes for Bengalur FC.
