Mohun Bagan dominates in YBK against DHFC

Mohun Bagan produced a dominant display in a must win situation to beat Diamond Harbour FC 5-1 in the Durand Cup 2025 Group league in Yuva Bharati Krirangan. Mohun Bagan moves to second round of the tournament after this comfortable win.

The lively Sahal Abdul Samad showed his magic as two of his passes find goals in the first half – first by a brilliant long ranger by Anirudh Thapa and then an opportunist Jamie Maclaren got the ball past the goalie. In the second half Sahal continued to perform and scored a brilliant goal himself.

However, the second half was more dramatic due to a marching order on Naresh who fouled Liston inside the penalty box. The referee’s decision was perhaps harsh as Bagan was already awarded a penalty by the referee. DHFC could not come back to the game, and it was all Mohun Bagan in the second half. Jason Cummings, who substituted Jamie, showed a fantastic performance as he assisted Sahal and scored a goal himself from an Ashish Rai pass. Jason created three more opportunities, but Baan boys failed to convert them to a goal!

However, Ashish Rai was found in false position during the DHFC goal – his position was enough to not to call the goal an offside one.

Deepak Tangri and Abhishek were outstanding in the defense today – and that helped Tom to play with an ease. The midfield was outstanding too. Sahal, Thapa, Apuia , Liston and Pasang played well. Leewan took some workloads as well.

The match details can be found here : Mohun Bagan vs DHFC – MOHUN BAGAN CLUB.COM