Mohammedan took all three points from Mazer in the Kolkata Premier Division at 09:30 on Monday, winning 2:3 in a match that kept the visitors in touch with the top. The hosts had looked comfortable enough after twenty minutes, but the momentum shifted when Mohammedan refused to go away. By then the visitors had already shown they did not travel to make up the numbers.
Lalremsanga opened the scoring in the twenty-fifth minute, and Lalngaihsaka added a second four minutes later. Mazer were in control of the tie at that stage, and the crowd must have been thinking the home side would hold on. And here's the thing about matches like this — two goals up and you still have to earn the result.
Then came the thirty-minute mark, and the game changed direction. G. Besra pulled one back for Mohammedan in the forty-third minute, and suddenly the hosts were paying for a sloppy opening. The visitors never got out of second gear after that, and they found their answer when S. Kisku struck in the sixty-first.
Mohammedan took the lead for the first time and Mazer had to respond. R. Mahitosh added a fourth goal in the eighty-seventh minute, and the hosts were left exposed. The academy graduate marked his first start with a goal, though the final tally tells a different story for Mazer.
Mohammedan move up to third place with 21 points from ten games, while Mazer remain fourteenth with 14 points. The visitors had drawn three of their last five before this win, and this result breaks that pattern. To be fair, Mazer are not far off — just one loss separates them from safety.
The gap between the sides now stands at seven points, and that is enough to make Mazer sit up and take notice. Mohammedan weathered the storm after going behind and never looked back once they found their rhythm. The table goes out of the window in these games, but this performance suggests the visitors will be pushing for something more.