Sporting clube de Goa's title aspirations took a beating as they went down 1-3 to Mohan Bagan in a crucial I-League contest here today.
Bagan, who were leading 1-0 at half time, scored through Odafe Okolie(44th, 79th) and Christopher Chizoba(70th) while Sporting Clube de Goa pulled one back through Rowllin Borges(78th) at Tilak Stadium.
The defeat keep Sporting Clube de Goa to fourth place with 29 points from 19 matches. While Mohan Bagan took their tally to 24 points from 10 matches.
A win was vital for both the teams as Sporting de Goa hoped to get their campaign back on track after failing to win a single game since the I-League resumed after winter break. They have two losses and a draws which saw them place at fourth place.
Bagan, who are aiming to avoid relegation zone, started with a flourish and Odafe Okolie had an early chance in the very first minute when Yusa Kastumi put him through with a long ball but shot out with only keeper at his mercy.
Few minutes later, Kastumi had an opportunity to score after he got the ball from the right but rival keeper Ravi Kumar did well to deny him from scoring.
Sporting quickly settle down and made inroads into the rival half and had a golden opportunity to surge ahead when Cajetan Fernandes from the left send a cross into the box for Boima Karpeh who failed to direct his header on target.
