Manang Marsyangdi Club (MMC) opened a three point lead at the top of the table after a 2-0 victory over Friends Club in the Qatar Airways Martyr's Memorial 'A' Division League 2021/22 on Friday.
Afeez Olawale Oladipo and Dinesh Rajbanshi scored for MMC in the win.
Olawale scored from a free header to open the scoring in the 41st minute from a cross by Anjan Bista. Olawale was unmarked and rushing Friends Club's skipper Suraj Bishwakarma could only watch as the ball sailed into the net.
After the first half lead, Rajbanshi doubled the advantage in the 73rd minute after another defensive mistake by Friends Club.
The defeat leaves Friends at 12th in the table with two points from their four matches.
MMC's coach Fuja Tope said he was happy that the team won the match. "I am especially happy that we won but we still have a lot of work to do. We will be better than this for sure," said coach Tope.
Friends Club's Mrigendra Mishra said with injury to three key players, his team could not perform as expected. "Our three key players are injured and our performance dipped from those in earlier games. Defensive lapse also cost us the goals," Mishra said.
Chyasal Youth Club will play against Tribhuvan Army Football Club in the second match of the day at 4:45 pm.
