Gone in 11 minutes: ATK Mohun Bagan crush SC East Bengal in season’s first derby

Former champions ATK Mohun Bagan crushed arch-rivals SC East Bengal 3-0 within the much-anticipated season’s first derby of the Indian Super League at Tilak Maidan on Saturday.
In a scintillating show, Mohun Bagan scored by Roy Krishna (twelfth minute), Manvir Singh (14th) and Liston Colaco (twenty third) as they didn’t enable SCEB the respiratory area to make it three out of three of their ISL exchanges.

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After a quiet begin, Fijian star marksman Krishna linked an ideal cross from Pritam Kotal to web the derby’s opening objective.
It was Manvir who started the transfer with a beautiful play from the suitable flank, releasing a wonderful go to Kotal on the overlap.
One look is all it took for the skipper to select a fairly unmarked Krishna to complete with aplomb.
Singh was fast to double the strike with a thunderbolt strike inside two minutes.
Showing very good play within the midfield, the Mariners started the transfer with a medical go from Joni Kauko.
Singh collected the ball from contained in the field and hit close to the put up, the ball whistling previous Arindam Bhattacharja.
Colaco capitalised on a goalkeeping bloomer from Bhattacharja to make it 3-0.

⚡ @RoyKrishna21‘s early attack.🔥 @manvir_singh07‘s power.💥 Joni Kauko’s consistency.
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Bhattacharja got here off his line to gather the ball on the fringe of the field on the left aspect however solely to flee the ball.
Colaco was fast to pay money for it and had a free run to maneuver forward earlier than tapping the ball house.
Showing relentless assault, the Mariners practically made it 4-0 when Kotal swung in a beautiful cross contained in the field and Kauko did nicely to beat his marker solely to place it away.
In the thirty eighth minute, the category of Hugo Boumous was in full show when he despatched an ideal cross however Kauko as soon as once more missed it by a matter of 1 yard.
Having misplaced out in each the legs of the ISL derby final season, the red-and-gold nevertheless started with numerous constructive intent in a 4-3-3 formation.
The Manolo Diaz’s aspect had the early possession and pressed exhausting within the intial minutes as ATK Mohun Bagan performed a catch-up sport, whereas SCEB received the primary nook of the match.

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— SC East Bengal (@sc_eastbengal) November 27, 2021
Both the backlines had a busy time within the center early on as ATKMB and SCEB forwards saved urgent exhausting.
East Bengal’s Lalrinliana Hnamte made a nasty problem on Lenny Rodrigues early within the seventh minute however solely to be escaped with a yellow.
Antonio Lopez Habas’s aspect with a 4-3-3 formation then again opted for a wait-and-watch technique and posed occasional inquiries to the SCEB defence.
Slowly moving into the groove, ATK Mohun Bagan had their first shot on course from none apart from their talismanic Krishna who had a go along with a strong rightfooter within the ninth minute.
But Krishna’s former teammate Bhattacharja was proper on the job, chesting the ball, whereas Tomislav Mrcela cleared it from the hazard zone.
Three minutes later, Krishna set the ball rolling and there was no trying again, burying the sport in simply half an hour.