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[caption id="attachment_20666" align="alignnone" width="580"] Saran Singh scored the solitary goal of the match. Xtra Time[/caption] Kolkata: Mohun Bagan pips Bhowanipore by a goal to lead the points table through goal difference. Saran Singh (6')was the solitary goal scorer for Bagan from a Azharuddin cross though the left hand side which he flicked in an Ibrahimovic style to earn glory for Bagan. It was all Mohun Bagan in the first half as Bhowanipore just saw 21% of ball possession over the heavyweights. The Green and Maroon brigade had 70% of their touches within the opposition's penalty area which clearly highlighted their dominance. However the score remained 1-0 in favour of the hosts at the break as not much shots were fired to test Bhowanipore custodian Bubai Singha. Richard Agwan though showed some moments of maturity in the backline as he kept Darrly Duffy quiet in the first half. Haroon Amiri, the former Afghanistan national team skipper was injected into the action early in the second half and was soon at the thick of things. A curling free-kick by Amiri was denied by the posts while only a couple of minutes later, his header was cleared off the line. As the game grew older, Bhowanipore started dictating the proceedings with Jagannath Sana looking dangerous in particular. While Arnab Das Sarma pulled off a good save before the hour mark while Sana failed to slot the ball into an empty net after being picked out by a sublime through ball by Lalkamal Bhowmick, who had a poor outing otherwise. Mohun Bagan returned to the top of the table with this win while Bhowanipore coached by former India international Debjit Ghosh now find themselves in the relegation zone having earned one point from their four encounters . The Mariners have twelve points and a goal difference of +10. Shankarlal Chakraborty's men next face Peerless SC on Monday, 22nd August.