By IANS
Kolkata : Mohun Bagan demolished Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) 7-0 in the Calcutta Football League here Wednesday.
The premier division match saw Mohun Bagan exact the biggest margin of win in the season bettering that of East Bengal, which defeated Mohammedan Sporting 6-2 in a league encounter Tuesday.
Mohun Bagan now has seven points from three matches, two points behind league leaders East Bengal.
Mohun Bagan’s Brazilian striker Jose Barreto struck twice to emerge the top scorer of the match.
The home side surged into the lead in the 26th minute when Barreto struck from a Rauf Khan pass. The lead was doubled in the 37th minute as Lalkamal Bhowmick struck from a long ranger.
Barreto and P. Lalawampuia scored one apiece again in a four-minute blitz to help Bagan lead 4-0 at the break.
In the second session, Dharamjit Singh and Shanmugam Venkatesh struck in the space of two minutes from the 51st minute to take the tally to 6-0.
The annihilation was complete when KoPT defender Prasanta Das’s attempted clearance ended in his own net in the 75th minute to give Bagan the 7-0 score.