Defending champions United SC settled for a third place finish in the 118th IFA Shield beating East Bengal on penalties at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan here today.
With 1-1 stalemate prevailing in extra time, the purple brigade edged out East Bengal 5-4 in the penalty shootout as the Maidan heavyweights continued their woeful form.
United goalkeeper Sangram Mukherjee emerged hero in the shoot out thwarting Edeh Chidi and Harmanjot Khabra's spot kicks to seal the issue.
Earlier East Bengal led with Chidi's spotkick in the 22nd minute but United equalized through Baldeep Singh's goal in the 73rd minute.
Both teams failed to find the goal in extra time to take the match to the tiebreaker.
Ranty Martins, R Dhanachandra, Biswajit Biswas, Anupam Sarkar and Souvik Chakraborty converted their chances for United SC.
After Chidi's miss, Cavin Lobo, Shylo Malswamtluanga, Subodh Kumar and Naoba Singh scored for East Bengal.
But United goalkeeper Sangram stood tall to deny Khabra to settle the issue.
