New Delhi: <\/strong>After their mid-week demolition of Mumbai Football Club, Kingfisher East Bengal put in another sterling performance on Sunday, beating Shillong Lajong by a solitary goal. The Red and Gold Brigade were playing with intent from the first whistle, consuming most of the possession relegating Shillong to just the odd counter attack.<\/p>\n KEB\u2019s Tolgay Ozbey had an opportunity to put the hosts ahead within the first ten minutes. Finding himself in a one on one situation, Ozbey fired wide. Five minutes later, a free flowing move from the right- KEB\u2019s live wire winger Naoba Singh\u2019s cross across the box finding Penn Orji, only for the ball to be skied over the crossbar. Midway in the first half, Lajong\u2019s Zohmingliana Ralte brought Ozbey outside the penalty box, a second caution reduced Lajong to ten men.<\/p>\n Taking advantage, KEB tightened their hold on the match. KEB captain Sanju Pradhan\u2019s lung bursting run from the left flank, followed by a powerful shot from outside the box put KEB up by goal in the 29th minute. The score line remained the same till the end of the half.<\/p>\n The second half saw KEB stamp their dominance on the pitch, the advantage of possessing an extra man allowed for more chances to be created. \u00a0Lajong managed to keep attacks at bay with the help of disciplined defending. Trevor Morgan threw in Robin Singh, Alan Gow and Paite into the mix, adding some height up front.<\/p>\n KEB had several opportunities to increase their lead, but managed to waste chances galore. In the 82nd minute a cross found Paite with plenty of space on the right flank, a cross which required just a tap in was squandered wide by Gow.<\/p>\n In the 88th minute, a mistimed clearance in the Lajong penalty box found the right boot of KEB\u2019s Uga Okapara. The Nigerian\u2019s thunderous right foot shot threatened to rip the net apart put the hosts two nil up. The goal was much to the relief of Trevor Morgan\u2019s men who have moved up the table to fifth with seven points.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Delhi: After their mid-week demolition of Mumbai Football Club, Kingfisher East Bengal put in another sterling performance on Sunday, beating Shillong Lajong by a solitary goal. The Red and Gold Brigade were playing with intent from the first whistle, consuming most of the possession relegating Shillong to just the odd counter attack. KEB\u2019s Tolgay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"\n