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‘Mohun Bagan World Cupper Cummings just played with Messi but is nothing like him’: Aussie striker slammed after torrid start

East Bengal dished out a clinical performance to get the better of arch-rivals Mohun Bagan Super Giant (MBSG) in a Group A clash in Durand Cup at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) on Saturday. Nandhakumar Sekar scored with a left-footed pile driver on the hour-mark to end East Bengal’s horror run of eight consecutive derby defeats. Mohun Bagan, under Juan Ferrando’s tutelage, looked off-colour after being stifled for space and possession. Ferrando began the day with Ashish Rai and Anirudh Thapa and gave a start to Albanian front-man Armando Sadiku. But he began to ring in the changes in the second half quite early. Boumous and Sadiku were replaced by Petratos and Australian world-cupper Jason Cummings. However, Cummings had an evening to forget and missed two gilt-edged chan...