Royal Wahingdoh beat Mohun Bagan 3-2 in I-League

Shillong: Royal Wahingdoh FC broke Mohun Bagan's unbeaten streak in the I-League recording a thrilling 3-2 win in an I-League football encounter, here.

Naoba Singh's superb long range strike in the last minute proved to be decisive for the hosts, who rallied back twice to tame the table-toppers whose dream to extend the lead at the top of the table in Shillong remained unfulfilled.

Post the win the Royals are sitting pretty at the second spot in the standings with 26 points from 15 games, while Bagan are still at the top with 28 points from 13 games.

While Balwant Singh gave the visitors the breakthrough in the 8th minute the hosts struck back through Jackichand Singh in the 60th minute.

Sony Norde then struck the second for the Mariners in the 80thminute. However, an 86th minute penalty converted by Densill Theobald following a hand ball by Balwant saw the hosts restore parity once again. But it was Naoba Singh who hit the final nail in the coffin for the Mariners striking as late as the 90th minute to take his side home.

Earlier, the Royals saw a couple of chances go begging within the first five minutes of play and eventually found themselves trailing as early as the 8th minute of the game when Bagan scored against the run of play.

The hosts created two good chances within the first four minutes with Jackichand Singh in the thick of action on both occasions. In the third minute Densill spotted Jacki at the front from the centre. The Manipuri raced forward and tapped the ball to Kim Song Yong whose shot went just wide off target.

In the next minute Jackichand Singh was found guilty of hitting the side of the nets when a well placed ball found him on the left.

In the 8th minute, Balwant was spotted by a Denson Devadas long ball on the right. The Bagan No 15 then took advantage of a defensive lapse to convert as the defenders were found out of place inside the circle.

With just the advancing goalie to beat, Balwant made no mistake to hit the far left corner of the nets.

Mohun Bagan almost doubled the lead in the 15th minute but the Katsumi Yusa strike at the nets was disallowed for being off side.

Though Bagan had taken the lead, the hosts were relentless in their efforts and created a flurry of chances.