ATK Mohun Bagan Win Bragging Rights, Beat East Bengal FC 2-0

ATK Mohun Bagan continued their dominance over neighbors East Bengal in the ISL with a 2-0 win on Saturday.

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Avignyan Mukhopadhyay
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ATK Mohun Bagan continued their dominance over neighbors East Bengal in the ISL with a 2-0 win on Saturday.

East Bengal held out for a 0-0 scoreline till the end of the first half against ATK Mohun Bagan in the Kolkata derby.

But a goalkeeping howler from Kamaljit Singh gifted Hugo Boumous a goal in the 56th minute. Manvir Singh doubled Mohun Bagan's lead with a piledriver from the right in the 66th minute.

Hugo Boumous has really come to life in the second period and seems more confident after his strike put his team ahead.

The Kolkata derby pulls in crowds like no other game in the nation as it has demonstrated time and again.

And the official attendance for this evening is a mammoth 62,542.

In Salt Lake Stadium as once again ATK Mohun Bagan emerges victorious, thanks to goals from Hugo Boumous and Manvir Singh.

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Manvir scores (Image- ATKMB Twitter)

Petratos wanted to get on the scoresheet as he gets a shot away from long range. It is hit with some sting but flies just wide of the far post in the last minutes.

East Bengal tried their level best with their attacks to get a goal back, but ATKMB are solid both at the back and in attack.

Florentin Pogba has been brought in for a defensive formation. Let's see if it reap bounds or not. Tuhin Das comes in for Naorem Mahesh. Big gamble from Constantine

It was an end to end, closely fought first-half and it gave hope to East Bengal fans that they might come strong in the last 45 minutes but it was not to be as they lacked composure in between the sticks, which costed the game.

This is also ATKMB's first clean sheet of the season, and what a night to achieve that.

East Bengal pushed to 8th in the table, and ATK Mohun Bagan move up to 4th position.

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