I-League Media

SHILLONG: Kingfisher East Bengal ensured that they continue to enjoy the pole position after beating Shillong Lajong FC 2-1 in a well contested Hero I-League match at the JN Stadium in Shillong on Saturday.

The visitors had the match firmly in their control in the first-half only, thanks to a brace by Australian striker Christopher Payne (8′, 33′), but Lajong were not the ones to give it up without a fight in their backyard and in-form striker Dipanda Dicka (64′) put one back for them to bring the JN Stadium back into life.

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