Warner Brown scored twice in seven minutes as Mount Pleasant FA came from behind to beat Montego Bay United 2-1 at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex on Monday, handing their opponents a first defeat of the Jamaica Premier League season.
Dwight Merrick had put Montego Bay United ahead in the 25th minute with his third league goal of the campaign. Brown equalised in the 62nd minute, opening his own Premier League account for the season, before scoring the winner in the 69th.
According to the Jamaica Observer, the result preserved Mount Pleasant’s unbeaten record against Montego Bay United in Premier League competition. Mount Pleasant climbed to ninth place with seven points from five matches.
Montego Bay United, who had entered the week leading the table, slipped to fourth with 14 points, behind third-placed Tru-Juice on goal difference. Racing United led with 16 points, one ahead of Waterhouse FC.
It was the second consecutive match in which Montego Bay United surrendered a lead and conceded twice.
In the opening game of the double-header, Arnett Gardens beat Molynes United 4-1, with Giovanni Taylor also scoring twice. Taylor struck in the sixth minute before Joel Jones added a header in the 26th.
Rushike Kelson made it 3-0 in the 54th minute. Daniel Clarke replied for Molynes a minute later, but Taylor scored again in the 61st to restore Arnett’s three-goal advantage.
Taylor’s double took his season tally to six goals, while Arnett Gardens moved to eighth place with eight points.
