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A brace from East Bengal discard Edmilson Marques Pardal guided Chirag United SC to a 2-1 win over Mumbai FC in their round two I-League encounter at Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Friday.
The Subrata Bhattacharya-coached side dominated right from the start as Edmilson scored two goals in the seventh and 14th minutes to give United an unassailable 2-0 lead.
A penalty conversion by their Japanese import Kayne Vincent came to the rescue of Mumbai FC, who were terribly off-colour in the first-half and appeared a tad more cohesive during the second-half.
Reeling under a huge player exodus and also their coach David Booth and manager Henry Menezes, Mumbai FC are a shadow of their last season's team when they got off to a great start beating Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mahindra United in three consecutive wins in 2008-09.
With their forward line-up banking on Rakesh Yadav and Vincent, they failed to score as Chirag United dominated most part of the game.
The combination of Jayanta and Edmilson gave result for Chirag United in the seventh minute.
Chirag soon made it 2-0 after a huge lapse by Mumbai custodian Amit Singha Roy who failed to hold on to an Edmilson shot.
A well positioned Roy tried to grab the Edmilson long ranger with both hands but the powerful shot went into the net after kissing the goalkeeper's hands as the Brazilian went euphoric.
After going 2-0 in the 14th minute, Chirag appeared in a complacent mood but the Mumbai boys failed to convert their chances even as they appeared a bit more aggressive in the second-half.
However Mumbai manage to pull one back when Chirag's stopper Kingshuk Debnath brought Mumbai's Yadav down inside the box after elbowing from behind to be awarded a penalty.
Nothing went right for the visitors as they could not capitalize on the chances.
The three points from this win helped Chirag United, climb up the standings to share the lead with JCT with six points each, while Mumbai FC remained on the bottom without any point.