ATK Mohun Bagan recorded a hard-fought 2-1 victory over FC Goa in an ISL IX game at the Salt Lake Stadium on Wednesday. Dimitri Petratos scored his fifth goal of the season inside 10 minutes before Anwar Ali cancelled it out in the 25th. Hugo Boumous scored what turned out to be the winning goal for the hosts in the 52nd minute.
The win takes ATK Mohun Bagan back into third, two points behind Hyderabad FC.
Early pressure from ATK Mohun Bagan paid off as the deadlock was broken in the ninth minute when Liston Colaco’s quick throw-in from near the halfway line caught the FC Goa backline on the wrong foot. The ball was thrown into the path of Petratos, whose volley from the right flank beat Dheeraj Moirangthem at the near post.
After the opening goal, the Mariners piled the pressure and pushed FC Goa into their own half. A couple of chances to increase their advantage went awry and they were made to pay for it moments later when Ali got the faintest of touches on an Edu Bedia free-kick to put the ball through the legs of Vishal Kaith and into the back of the net in the 25th minute.
The hosts started the second half exactly the way they started the first. Seven minutes after the break, ATK Mohun Bagan retook the lead courtesy of Boumous.
