ATK Mohun Bagan produced a dominant 2-0 win in opposition to East Bengal FC In Kolkata on Saturday to increase Kolkata derby successful streak to 6 matches within the Indian Super League. It additionally confirmed a third-place end for the Mariners of their closing league sport of the season. It was ATKMB who had been forward for a lot of the first-half. The opening 5 minutes concerned lots of attacking strikes on their half, though none resulted in any substantial scoring alternatives. Pritam Kotal got here closest when a ball was chipped to him on the far submit after a nook, however the defender despatched his volley over the bar.

East Bengal’s first shot on aim was a long-range effort from Suhair VP that Vishal Kaith gathered with ease. Most of the Torch Bearers’ ahead strikes had been restricted to counterattacking ones as ATKMB saved management of the possession.

By the center of the primary half, there have been pacey crosses in both course, with strong challenges additionally coming into the fray which might end in three yellow playing cards earlier than the half-time whistle.

The second half started equally to the primary, and Petratos was given area to interrupt the impasse simply because the packed spectators held up their flashlights within the 52nd minute.

Ashique Kuruniyan slid the striker via on the left aspect of the field and he took a second earlier than putting throughout the face of the aim along with his left foot, solely to hit the upright.

But ATKMB would ultimately get into the lead. After a sequence of back-to-back corners that East Bengal FC had been in a position to stave away, centre-back Slavko Damjanovic managed to place the Mariners in entrance within the 68th minute.

The nook was aimed toward Manvir Singh on the close to submit, whose intelligent flick bounced over the defensive wall and in direction of Damjanovic’s head. The defender’s look bounced off the upright earlier than he helped into aim because it trickled again in direction of him.

The match continued to maintain its excessive tempo, however as soon as once more, neither workforce was introduced with something greater than half-chances. Kuruniyan’s trickery down the left allowed him to chop in at one level, however his right-footed effort was fired over the aim.

At the opposite finish, East Bengal FC had been industrious, however had been unable to interrupt into the field with regularity.

Their dedication to the equaliser ultimately meant two huge possibilities within the span of seconds for ATKMB, and Petratos was available to seal the derby for them.

Substitute Kiyan Nassiri was performed via in entrance of aim, however Kamaljit parried his shot; sadly for the goalkeeper, it fell straight into Petratos’ path and the striker tapped it in to seal third place for ATKMB.

Their third place end means ATKMB will keep in Kolkata for his or her first playoff fixture. The loss for East Bengal FC meant they completed the season in tenth place. The Mariners thus prolonged their successful streak in opposition to East Bengal to eight matches, together with the I-League conflict in January 2020, earlier than Mohun Bagan’s merger with ATK. East Bengal had final received in opposition to the Mariners approach again in December 2018, a 3-2 victory within the I-League.

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