Bagan beat Bharat FC 2-0 to get a six-point lead in I-League

Mohun Bagan's star midfielder Sony Norde struck twice in the second half as the two-time league champions Mohun Bagan breezed past debutants Bharat FC 2-0 to consolidate their position at the top of the table in the I-League football tournament, here today.
Bagan now have 28 points from 12 games and have a six point cushion over second placed defending champions Bengaluru FC, who have played a match more.
The green and maroon brigade came out all guns blazing in the second-half with the Haitian forward giving the lead in the 59th minute, when he struck into the near post after a shoddy show from former India international Arindam Bhattacharya.

While Shehnaz Singh set up the opening goal for Norde with a beautiful long pass, 10 minutes later Balwant Singh fed the ball to the Haitian to round off the tally from near touchline as he was adjudged man-of the match.
Bharat FC on the otherhand find themselves in the relegation zone occupying the 10th place of the table with 11 points from their 12 matches.
Both the teams were engaged in a midfield battle in the first 45 minute but without any meaningful attack to get the lead.
Included in place of the injured Lalkmal Bhowmick, Denson Devadas got the first opportunity inside the first quarter but the midfielder's header from a Norde free-kick sailed over the horizontal.