KALYANI (India): Mohammedan Sporting hammered Churchill Brothers 4-1 in the I-League at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium on Monday to blow the title race wide open.
With this win, Mohammedan go fourth in the with 20 points after 13 matches.
TRAU’s win earlier in the day put the onus on Churchill to perform, but the Goan side failed to pick up any points.
They slip to second place behind TRAU on the table on goal difference, with the two sides set to square off in the next round.
Hira Mondal’s strike in the first half was cancelled by Luka Majcen’s penalty, before Vanlalbiaa Chhangte’s goal in the second half and Pedro Manzi’s late brace proved to be the difference between the two sides.
With TRAU closing the gap on Churchill Brothers earlier in the day, courtesy of a 1-0 win over Punjab FC, the Red Machines had to aim for nothing short of a win to regain their three-point lead over the chasing pack.
And the early spell of play was in favour of Churchill Brothers as the Red Machines launched attacks after attack on the Mohammedan citadel.
