Pearl took all three points against Vary in the Kolkata Premier Division regular season, winning 3:0 on Sunday evening. The match took place at Pearl's home ground and featured a cluster of goals in the opening half. By then, the visitors had already been drawing comparisons to their recent struggles.
A. Seth opened the scoring in the seventeenth minute, catching Vary's defence off guard. To be fair, the visitors looked disorganised from the first whistle. The goal gave Pearl the momentum they needed, and here's the thing — Vary never really found their footing after that.
The second goal came just a minute later, in the eighteenth, though the scorer was not named in the match report. Pearl were clearly on top, picking up two bookings in five minutes would have been easy for the visitors if they had been playing. Instead, they were chasing the game from the outset.
Four goals followed before half-time, with Seth adding another in the forty-fifth minute plus one. A penalty miss in the fortieth minute might have changed the complexion, but Pearl kept their heads. The visitors switched off at a set piece, and that cost them dearly.
S. Singh Yadav added a late goal in the eighty-eighth minute, rounding off a performance that showed Pearl can raise the tempo when they need to. The missed penalty in the first half was the only moment Vary might have seen as a chance, but they didn't capitalise.
Pearl sit twelfth in the table with fourteen points from nine games, while Vary languish in twentieth place on seven points from ten matches. The hosts have won four and drawn twice, but this result extends their recent inconsistency with a solid performance. Vary's form has been poor, with only one victory in ten games.