Mohun Bagan were held to a 2-2 draw by George Telegraph at mohun Bagan ground leaving last season’s runners-up battling with Mohammedan Sporting for the Runners Up position this year. Bagan is virtually out of the championship. Bagan is now having 11 points from 6 matches, and is currently in second position with a 7 point difference from the league topper. Mohammedan Sporting is having 11 points from 6 matches – but Bagan has a better goal difference- the only reason to keep them in the second spot.

Goals from Jewel Raja and Manish Bhargav (U-19) gave Bagan 2-0 lead in the first half. Add to it – shiladitya of George got a marching order in the 25th minute but they were soon level when Emeka Michael scored twice in the second half. First  one due to poor clearance by Daniel Zeleny and the second one due to handball of Mohanraj.

The only good outcome for bagan in this game was Manish Bhargav – a promising youngstar with a good prospect.

Mohun Bagan: Shilton, Dhanarajan, Zeleni (Anwar), Kingshuk (Pradeep), Mohonraj, Manish Bhargav, Masih, Jewel, Nabi, Ashim, Jagtar (Sakhatar).

Yellow Card: Kingshuk

It has been reported in a popular newspaper that the Technical Director of Team Mohun Bagan is upset about Daljit Singh for his poor performance against Dempo SC. mohunbaganclub.com finds this claim to be absolutely baseless and wonders the reason behind this kind of reporting. In the said match Daljit Singh replaced Rahim Nabi in the 58th minute. Dempo failed to score a single goal after Daljit was fielded.

Meanwhile Subhasish Roy Choudhury can join Mohun Bagan in lien. Bagan can sign in 2 Under 19 players as well.

Subrata Bhattacharya had no other options than to rest some of his key players against Salgaokar, and decided to field Jose Barreto for last 20 mins to see if he can change the scoreline. But the game ended in a goal less draw.