LIONS maintained their position at the top of the Super League by humiliating PKNS FC 5-0 yesterday while Selangor marked their return to the Shah Alam Stadium for the first time this season with a 2-0 win over Johor FC.
The Singapore side kept their five-point lead over second-placed Kelantan, who came from behind to beat T-Team 2-1, but the east coast side have three matches in hand.
Lions dominated the first half and deservingly took a 3-0 lead through Safuwan Baharuddin (17th minute), Shaiful Esah (19th) and Sevki Sha'ban (26th)
Agu Casmir (53rd) and Shahdan Sulaiman (86th) completed the rout to avenge their 1-0 loss to their opponents last weekend.
In Shah Alam, Bosko Balaban scored a brace to help Selangor seal their sixth victory this season.
The Croatian tapped in a K. Solihin's low cross in the 57th minute before heading home in the 87th minute
K. Gurusamy could have scored for Selangor in the 34th minute but his attempt hit the crossbar.
In the second half, Selangor's Ramez Dayoub had the ball in the net but the Lebanese centre-back was ruled offside.
In Kuala Terengganu, Kelantan found it hard to break past T-Team's backline in the absence of Norshahrul Idlan Talaha and Indra Putra Mahayuddin, who were both left on the bench.
Kelantan coach Bojan Hodak then brought on Norshahrul after the break but it was the homesters who drew first blood through Khairul Izwan Khalid's header in the 53rd minute.
S. Chanturu levelled proceedings when his shot took a lucky deflection off T-Team defender Shahril Faizal Sharufuddin in the 68th minute.
Mohamed Ghaddar turned hero when he scored from the spot in the 86th minute after T-Team's Bojan Petric had handled the ball and was red carded by the referee.
By: NST
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