Debutant Bengalauru FC registered their second consecutive win with a 4-1 thrashing of Delhi Dynamos in their Indian Super League match played at Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Sunday.
Erik Partaalu struck twice (24th and 45th minutes) while Lenny Rodriguez (57th) and Miku (87th) scored a goal each.
Kalu Uche scored from the dreaded spot in the 86th minute to pull one back for the Dynamos.
With this win, Bengaluru climbed to the top of the league table with six points from two matches.
Partaalu nodded home for his first goal after he received the header from Harmanjot Khabra on Edu Garcia's free-kick on the right. He scored his second goal as he headed the ball past Albino Gomes on Edu Garcia's corner-kick.
Lenny Rodriguez registered the third goal on a rebound from Albino Gomes' hands as he tried to clear Udanta Singh's cross in 57th minute.
Before Lenny could score the goal, Sunil Chhetri did well to find Udanta, who controlled the ball before sending in the cross on the left.
Nicolas Ladislao Fedor Flores (Miku) got the fourth goal for the home side in 87th minute as he released the shot that whizzed past Albino's reach.
The Dynamos were awarded a penalty — from which Uche scored — after John Johnson got his arms on the way while trying to clear Seitysen Singh's ball inside the box.
Marcelinho stars in Pune win
Kolkata: Marcelo Pereira spoilt ATK's first home match of the season as the Brazilian led FC Pune City's 4-1 rout of the two-time defending champions in their Indian Super League football fixture here on Sunday.
Last season's Golden Boot winner Marcelinho once again proved why he was the biggest threat as he struck a double (13th and 60th minutes) and also assisted two other goals in a fine display of wingplay to bury ATK in front of their home fans.
The match was in balance with Pune leading by a slender one-goal margin at halftime, and ATK's Bipin Singh produced a stunning 50th minute freekick after the changeover much to the joy of the anxious home fans. But that remained the solitary moment of joy for the most successful ISL franchise as Rohit Kumar scored off a flying header from a Marcelinho freekick within a minute before Emiliano Alfaro completed the rout in the 81st minute with the Brazilian once again playing the assist.
FC Pune City, who lost 2-3 to Delhi Dynamos at home in their ISL opener, thus opened their account in style while it was misery for ATK as they remained on one point that came off a goal-less draw against Kerala Blasters in Kochi.