Ctg MSC rout R'ganj
Chittagong Mohammedan goalkeeper Mamun Khan grips the ball during a Rahmatganj corner in their Citycell B. League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.Photo: STAR
Chittagong Mohamme-dan returned to winning ways in the Citycell B. League with an impressive 5-2 away victory against giant-killers Rahmatganj at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
Akbar Hossain Ridon opened the scoring for the visitors after four minutes while Guinean striker Raphael Sagno, Nur Hossain Daulat, Imtiaz Hossain Jitu and Liberian midfielder Anthony Pele Doe added the rest.
Rahmatganj briefly came back with Ugandan forward Idris Kasriye's first-half equaliser while Zakir Hossain scored the other for the old-Dhaka side, who stumbled to their second consecutive loss despite bagging seven points out of maximum nine against title contenders Abahani, Mohammedan and Shiekh Russel in the first-leg.
The Chittagonians, who had tasted their first home defeat in the previous round when they lost 1-0 to leaders and defending champions Abahani, pushed their collection to 20 points from 13 matches to retain fifth place.
The result, the port city giants' fifth win, also dashed the Rahmatganj hopes to climb to fifth place as they stuck to 14 points from 12 games.
The Chittagong Black and Whites took early control when Ridon scored with a placing shot on a square pass by Raphael. The tourists seemed to hang on to the slim lead but the match came alive in the fag end of the first half with three goals in the last four minutes.
Idris delicately headed home a freekick by Mohiuddin to bring the scores level in the 41st minute with his ninth league goal that put the Ugandan beside Russel's Alfaz Ahmed and Mohammedan striker Alamu Bukola as the top scorer.
Mohammedan, however, took the match beyond their rivals as Raphael and Daulat scored in the 43 and 45 minutes. Raphael finished a solo run with a powerful angled drive for his fifth league goal while Daulat headed in a centre by Jitu to make it 3-1 on stroke of halftime.
Six minutes after resumption, Jitu drove in a left-footed shot after Ridon cut the ball back from the flank.
Rahmatganj struck again in the 63rd minute when Zakir stunned the opposition goalkeeper with a dipping volley from 40 yards but they conceded another ten minutes from time when Doe completed the rout.
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