Comeback victory earns Bagan first double in ISL

Rodriguez's own goal cancelled by penalty from Cummings and Maclaren's late strike

- Dhiman Sarkar

KOLKATA: The own goal portended trouble. Mohun Bagan had been there in the 2020-21 Indian Super League Cup final where Mumbai City FC did the double. But this team is a different beast, one for whom the possibility of a defeat at home does not exist. Mohun Bagan Super Giant absorbed everything Bengaluru FC hit them with — and there was a lot of it— and erased their lead to win 2-1 through goals from Jason Cummings (72nd) and Jamie Maclaren (96th) and bag their first ISL double here on Saturday.

Fittingly, it was Greg Stewart and Maclaren who were the creator and executor of that goal. The Scot has won the Cup and the League Shield but never the double. His introduction in the 80th minute changed the game. Stewart found Maclaren in 90+2 but the Australian's first touch let him down before Sahal Abdul Samad was denied. Stewart found Samad again but this time the Mohun Bagan forward took too long. So, regulation time ended 1-1.