Mohun Bagan’s Anirudh Thapa celebrates after scoring towards Bengaluru FC throughout their Indian Tremendous League match on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, in Bengaluru on April 11, 2024.
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Mohun Bagan Tremendous Large stored its hunt for the Indian Tremendous League Defend alive with a 4-0 thrashing of Bengaluru FC on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium right here on Thursday.
After Hector Yuste put the aspect forward within the seventeenth minute, the guests killed the sport by the hour mark as Manvir Singh, Anirudh Thapa and Armando Sadiku bulged the online throughout eight frenetic second-half minutes.
Mohun Bagan, thus, rose to 45 factors, two behind chief Mumbai Metropolis FC. The 2 will face-off within the final recreation of the season on Monday in a straight shootout.
For BFC, it was a tragic finish to its marketing campaign because it completed tenth out of 12 groups (22 matches, 22 factors). The hammering at Mohun Bagan’s arms was its joint-worst at dwelling within the league. That the sooner one additionally got here this season — towards MCFC in December that value the then head coach Simon Grayson his job — informed the story.
Mohun Bagan’s gamers in an ecstatic temper after beating Bengaluru FC throughout their Indian Tremendous League match on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, in Bengaluru, on April 11, 2024.
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Ok. MURALI KUMAR
Within the first half, BFC had the lion’s share of possession (64-36), however Mohun Bagan was largely in management. Yuste hit the bar, however was sharp sufficient to volley the rebound in from shut vary to place Mohun Bagan forward. BFC may have equalised within the fortieth minute, however Sunil Chhetri, after being fouled contained in the penalty space, fluffed his spot-kick.
After the restart, Finn Joni Kauko was closely concerned. He created Manvir’s aim with a terrific defence-splitting backheel and had a hand in Thapa’s strike when he compelled a save from Gurpreet Sandhu earlier than Dimitrios Petratos squared the ball. Sadiku’s tap-in was the ultimate nail within the coffin.
BFC may have misplaced by extra, however the woodwork saved it from additional humiliation.
The end result: Bengaluru FC 0 misplaced to Mohun Bagan Tremendous Large 4 (Yuste 17, Manvir 51, Thapa 54, Sadiku 59).