New Delhi: East Bengal suffered it's first jolt under new coach Subhash Bhowmick in only his second game as Mumbai FC came back to beat the Kolkata giants 2-1 in a 13th round I-League encounter at the Cooperage Stadium, Mumbai.
The win takes Mumbai FC to 22 points while East Bengal continue to rot in the bottom half of the table. Mumbai FC made two changes into the side as goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey came in for Amit Singha Roy while Kuttymani stepped in for Subhash Chakraborty.
David Booth did start with three strikers in Felix Aboagye, Abel Hammond and Abhishek Yadav.Subhash Bhowmick made several changes into the side as he employed a 3-5-2 formation with Syed Nabi and Surkumar on the flanks.
The match began and the first important event was a controversial one. Surkumar Singh found Ishmael Addo with Mumbai FC left back Kamaljeet Kumar behind him. The duo clashed and the referee A. Rowan awarded a penalty which didn't seem like. Yusif Yakubu stepped up and placed it to the right of Kalyan Chaubey in the 12th minute.
The refereeing decisions were a little erroneous when a corner-kick was awarded to East Bengal instead of a throw-in after defender Selwyn Fernandes had cleared the ball from the side-line. Thereafter, Mumbai FC looked to apply some pressure. James Dissiramah's long shot into the box as headed by Hammond for Abhishek on the left whose final hot went sailing over the bar. In the 40th minute, a Selwyn Fernandes free-kick was flicked on by Abhishek for Hammond. The Mumbai FC number 11 saw his attempt being blocked by East Bengal custodian Subrata Paul.
Five minutes later, Kalia Kulothungan's cross from the left for Felix Abagye was well collected by an alert Subrata Paul. Mumbai FC started the second session with renewed vigour as they took just two minutes to restore parity. Kuttimani's cross was headed in Mumbai FC skipper Abhishek Yadav under pressure from M.Suresh.
The 50th minute saw a Riton Rdorigues free-kick being headed in the center by Hammond but Mehrajuddin Wadoo cleared on time.
East Bengal made their first substitution with Alvito D'Cunha making way for Sanju Pradhan. Mumbai FC deserved a penalty in the 58th minute when Surkumar Singh brought down Felix Aboagye inside the box and referee A.Rowan chose to ignore much to the surprise of David Booth and company.
Two minutes later, Abel Hammond cross was missed both by Abhishek and Felix with Subrata Paul off his line. Kuttimani was providing some good balls with East Bengal having tough time in having to contend them. Kalia Kulothungan shot straight into Subrata Paul's hands after some good work by Hammond.
East Bengal had two chances in as many minutes and it fell to their two strikers – Addo and Yakubu. Addo's attempted lob with Kalyan Chaubey off his line went over the bar in the 70th minute.
In the next, Yusif Yakubu was in a one-on-one situation with Kalyan Chaubey and he tamely shot it into the custodian's hands.
Alex Ambrose made an appearance as he came on for Felix Aboagye. The 73rd minute saw Riston Rodrigues being taken in the medical van after he fell down on being pushed by Syed Nabi off an East Bengal corner. Alex Ambrose made a mess off a chance after Abel Hammond brilliantly pulled it back for the former in the 78th minute.
The final nail in the coffin moment came in the 89th minute as Kulothungan brilliantly intercepted a ball in his half and found Alex Ambrose n acres of space on he right. Alex put the ball forward for Hammond who did enough to find the back of the net with a cool finish.
Several East Bengal fans booed their players at the end of the match.
Goalscorers Mumbai FC: Abhishek Yadav (47th min) and Abel Hammond (89th min)
Goalscorer East Bengal: Yusif Yakubu (12th pen)
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