KOLKATA (Interstat) — Al Shorta defeated East Bengal 3-2 on Tuesday at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium in Kolkata, West Bengal, overcoming David Lalhlansanga’s first-half brace. Lalhlansanga scored in the 8th and 40th minutes for East Bengal, but Ahmed Yahya answered in the 14th. Hussein Ali put Al Shorta ahead in the 51st, and Kuku Kingsley Fidelis scored two minutes later. Yahya finished with one goal and one assist. Kuku also scored, while Ali added a goal. Lalhlansanga received a yellow card. Mohammed Bassim, Ruben Ramirez and Cristian Barco each recorded an assist. Hardik Bhatt recorded an assist and was booked. Al Shorta improved to 1-0 in the competition and 1-0-1 overall. East Bengal fell to 0-1 in the competition and 1-3 overall. Yellow cards also went to Moumouni B., Ngalamulume B. and a second to Moumouni B. Al Shorta used substitutions in the 46th, 82nd, 86th and 90+3rd minutes, while East Bengal made three changes in the 73rd and 79th minutes.