SHILLONG: Chesterfield Nongdhar scored a brace to allow Langsning an easy 5-1 win against Boys Sports Company in their Imperial Blue Shillong Premiere League match on Thursday.
The event was a one-sided affair although Boys Sports did show promise initially going into the break with a goal added against Langsning’s two. Samson Nongrum opened the scoring for Langsning with a goal in the 17th minute before Chesterfield provided the second nine minutes later. But within the next three minutes, N. Meitei pulled one back for Boys to reduce the deficit to 2-1.
It was a second half assault that put Langsning in complete control of the game before ending the match 5-1 in their favour. L. Kharumnuid scored Langsning’s third goal in the 68th minute before Algan Sun perfected a shot to make it 4-1 in the 82nd minute. Chesterfield scored the final goal in the 84th before Langsning registered a fashionable victory over the promoted Boys side.
In Second Division,= ARC routed Krang 6-0 on Thursday courtesy Lalmalsawma’s hat trick. Lalmalsawma’s goals came in the 50th, 61st, and 62nd minutes. Earlier, P. Singh provided an early 5th minute breakthrough and L. Meitei joined soon after, scoring twenty-six minutes into the match. ARC finished it off with a 54th minute strike by S. Kath.
In Third Division, Sawmer edged past Mawkriah 3-1 after displaying a dominant performance. S. Suting (21”), D. Lyngdoh (32”), and L. Langbang (65”) were Sawmer’s scorers while E. Langstieh gave Mawkriah the initial lead after scoring in the 11th minute although his efforts went in vain.