Bashundhara thrash Muktijoddha

Bashundhara Kings bounced back from a goal down to hand Muktijoddha Sangsad a 4-1 thrashing in their home fixture of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Sheikh Kamal Stadium in Nilphamari yesterday.

The league leaders conceded an early goal, but a brace from centre-back Nasiruddin Chowdhury in the first half, followed by two more goals from two other players in the second half helped the new powerhouse to ease to their 15th win in 16 matches, taking their tally to 46 points.

They lead defending champions Abahani by six points, with both teams having eight matches left to play.

Muktijoddha Sangsad, who came into the match in seventh position with 17 points from 16 matches, took a surprise lead in the 12th minute when Ballo Famoussa initiated a move down the right flank before squaring it up for Mehedi Hasan, who hit the far corner of the net from the middle of the box.

The goal stirred the league leaders as they hit back in the 33rd minute, with Nasiruddin finding the back of the net courtesy of a big deflection following a corner.

Nasiruddin doubled the lead in the third minute of stoppage time with a glancing header on a cross from Daniel Colindres.

The second half saw complete domination from the hosts, who extended their lead in the 68th minute through Marcos Vinicius, who received a long-ball from Motin Miah before dancing past one defender and slotting the ball home past the opposition goalkeeper.

And the hosts wrapped up the victory in the stoppage time of the second half, with Alamgir Kabir Rana slamming the ball home from inside the box after being teed up by Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov.