India, Feb. 23 -- In his inimitable style, Sukhwinder Singh, the former India and JCT head coach, would say that 90 minutes is too long a time to play for a draw, stretching out the vowels in long and draw. It is a lesson Chennaiyin FC would have learnt here on Monday evening. They had one plan: to suffer, and it was never going to be enough.

The best way to defend a 1-0 lead is to score another, Mohun Bagan coach Sergio Lobera maintains. For the second time in as many matches in ISL12, Mohun Bagan have done that, this time through goals on either side of half-time from Jamie Maclaren and Dimitrios Petratos in the 2-0 win.

Chennaiyin had come to the Salt Lake stadium willing to let Mohun Bagan have the ball and try to protect their goal...