East Bengal vs Al-Shorta Player Ratings: David, Ramirez shine while Zivulic disappoints in AFC Champions League Two 2026-27 clash
East Bengal suffer a 2-3 defeat to Al-Shorta in Kolkata in the ACL Two 2026-27 clash. East Bengal FC suffer a 2-3 defeat in the AFC Champions League Two 2026-27 clash against Al-Shorta SC in Kolkata before starting their ISL campaign despite taking the lead twice through David Lalhlansanga, who scored a first-half brace.
Ahmed Yahya equalised before half-time, while Hussein Ali Jasim Al Saedi and Kingsley Kuku struck after the break to turn the game around. Al-Shorta finished the match with 10 men following Abdoul Moumouni's second yellow card.
A disappointing night for the Red and Gold Brigade, who miss out on a crucial opportunity to claim their first win in the ACL Two group stage. Here are the player ratings for the fixture of East Bengal FC vs Al-Shorta SC!
East Bengal Player Ratings Prabsukhan Singh Gill - 6/10 Gill played in the high-voltage ACL Two clash against Al-Shorta but he was not at his personal best tonight against the Iraqi club and ended up conceding 3 goals. While the defence should be held equally responsible, Prabhsukhan Singh Gill could have done better between the sticks.
Anwar Ali - 6.5/10 Anwar Ali had a decent outing against Al-Shorta. Anwar showed the intent to get involved, showed pace and helped to maintain the basic structure, but struggled to keep his shape as there was lack of support from his fellow teammates in the defence line mainly from Diego Zivulic and thus East Bengal were punished thrice.
Diego Zivulic - 5.5/10 Diego Zivulic looked absolutely out of touch tonight against Al-Shorta. Zivulic was unable to contribute offensively.
He did not look comfortable defensively either, with the Al-Shorta attackers outclassing him during the counterattacks and corner kicks. Hardik Bhatt - 6/10 He was also involved in both the goals scored by East Bengal but was unable to give proper support to his fellow teammates in the backline and East Bengal were punished thrice.
He failed to control the ball in the flanks but other than that, he was quite good in patches. In the latter half of the game, he was replaced by Bipin Singh.
Lalchungnunga- 6.5/10 Lalchungnunga was quite decent at the back for the Torchbearers but again there was lack of support from Hardik Bhatt and Diego Zivulic. Much was expected from the experienced defender, but he lacked the quality tonight and had an average outing.