It rained goals and Nigerian Edeh Chidi fired four with a hat-trick as Mohun Bagan prevailed over arch-rivals East Bengal 5-3 in a I-League derby clash before a 10,000-strong crowd on Sunday.

The fat scoreline at the Salt Lake stadium was, however, no indicator of the standard of the fare dished out by the two city giants; in the final analysis, sloppy defending on both sides of the ground led to the deluge of goals, though Bagan seemed tactically superior.