Bagan whip Mahindra 6-0

Strong contenders Mohun Bagan exploited a sloppy defence to spank Mahindra United 6-0 in the fifth National Football League, at the Salt Lake stadium, in Calcutta, on Sunday.

Bagan's Brazilian striker Jose Ramirez Baretto pumped in three goals and the other striker R C Prakash chipped in with one. Mahindra gifted the home team two self-goals in a ridiculously one sided encounter.

The glamour club, who were stunned by lowly State Bank of Travancore 4-2 in their last league match, raised their game by several notches in a bid to claim full points and consolidate their position on the points ladder.

With the emphatic victory, Bagan now have 25 points from 14 outings while Mahindra United have 14 points to their credit from as many outings.

The green-and-maroon brigade capitalised on the defensive lapses to take a 3-0 lead by the interval and then fired in three more goals after the breather much to the embarrassment of their rivals.

The home team turned on the heat from the word go as they forged ahead as early as the first minute of the contest with R C Prakash finding the target, connecting a cross from medio Lolendra Singh.