East Bengal Lose 2–3 to Al Shorta: Lalhlansanga’s Two Goals and the Second-Half Turnaround

Updated October 14, 2026 · Taaza Khabar

East Bengal lost 2–3 to Iraq’s Al Shorta in their AFC Champions League Two Group D match in Kolkata on October 13. David Lalhlansanga scored both of East Bengal’s first-half goals, but the visitors recovered to take the win.

Key points

• The final result was East Bengal 2–3 Al Shorta, confirmed by the AFC report.
• David Lalhlansanga scored both goals for the home team in the first half.
• Ahmed Yahya, Hussein Al Saedi and Kingsley Kuku scored for Al Shorta.

Where the match turned

The AFC’s account confirms the scorers and describes Al Shorta’s comeback. MyKhel’s October 14 match report adds that East Bengal led 2–1 at the interval before Hussein Al Saedi and Kingsley Kuku scored early in the second half. That sequence changed the advantage without changing Lalhlansanga’s two-goal contribution.

The result in context

The AFC describes this as Al Shorta’s second group-stage win. This article reports the completed match rather than predicting qualification or a future result. Full standings and upcoming fixtures should be checked against the competition’s latest official information. The 2 and 3 tiles in the accompanying original illustration refer to this result; the artwork is not a photograph of the stadium scoreboard or match action.

Sources

• AFC — official match report
• MyKhel — match report published October 14

Image credit

Unique original 3D football and score illustration; not match footage, team branding or an actual scoreboard photograph. Created October 14, 2026 by Taaza Khabar using OpenAI Image Generation. AI-generated editorial illustration, not a photograph of the reported event. Licensed CC BY 4.0.