League leaders Mohammedan SC tasted their first defeat in their 9th match of the 10- team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), losing to lowly Youngmen's Club Fakirerpool by 0-1 goal at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla Friday afternoon.
Despite the day's maiden and shocking defeat, the traditional black and whites Mohammedan SC comfortably dominated the league in the first phase securing 24 points from nine matches
With the day's well-merited and 3rd victory, Youngmen's Club Fakirerpool advanced to the 7th slot in the league table collecting nine points from as many matches.
After a barren first half, Uzbek midfielder Sardor Jakmonov scored the match winning goal for Youngmen's Club in the 66th minute of the match (1-0).
In the day's another match, defending champions
Bashundhara Kings outplayed Dhaka Wanderers Club by 5-0 goals at the Shaheed Barkat Stadium in Gazipur on Friday.
BPL Football: 9th round begins Friday with leaders Mohammedan taking on Youngmen’s Club
Brazilian midfielder Jonathon Fernandes put the Kings ahead in the 11th minute (1-0), medio Mohammad Sohel Rana doubled the Kings margin in the 29th minute (2-0) while defender Topu Barman scored the 3rd goal for the winners in the 38th minute to dominate the first half by 3-0 goals.
Local forward Rakib Hossain and Brazilian forward Miguel Figueira added two more goals for the Kings in the 66th and 75th minutes respectively to earned a comfortable (5-0) victory.
In the day's other match, coming from behind, Bangladesh Police FC beat Rahmatganj MFS by 2-1 goals at the Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Friday.
Ghana midfielder Mamoud Oshie put Rahmatganj MFS ahead in the 25th minute while local forward Al Amin scored twice for Police FC in the 35th and 68th minutes respectively.
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After the day's matches, the six-time champions Dhaka Abahani Limited followed the leader Mohammedan distantly collecting 19 points from eight matches, holders .Bashundhara Kings advanced to the 3rd place with 17 points, Rahmatganj MFS went down to the 4th with their previous credit of 15 points playing nine matches each while Brothers Union Club are struggling at the 5th slot collecting 14 points from eight outings.