Kolkata, Oct 25: Nigerian Edeh Chidi scored four goals including a hat-trick as Mohun Bagan defeated arch-rivals East Bengal 5-3 in a round four I-League match here today. The match was expected to be Bhaichung Bhutia’s revenge match against his former team, but Chidi completely stole the show from the India football captain. The first half of the match yielded six goals as fortune swung in favour of both the teams, but Chidi settled the issue with a record scoreline. Mohun Bagan scored through Chidi in (17th, 33rd, 46th and 66th minutes) and newcomer Manish Mathani (22nd). For East Bengal, Yusif Yakubu scored a brace (35th and 44th) while Nirmal Chhetri scored in the eighth minute. With four goals to his credit, Chidi was adjudged the man of the match. Mohun Bagan thus avenged their 0-5 loss to East Bengal in the historic 1975 IFA Shield final. At that time, national goalkeeper Bhaskar Ganguly had conceded four goals. But 34 years later, East Bengal custodian Abhra Mondal conceded a record five goals. Having made it bigger on the big occasion, Bagan supporters and players celebrated the win as Diwali had returned to Salt Lake stadium here. (PTI)
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