Man of the match Odafe Onyeka Okolie capitalised on the sloppy Salgaocar defence to slam in four goals as Churchill Brothers came from behind to register a resounding 5-1 win in the eighth round of the ONGC I-League at Nehru stadium here on Monday.

Okolie struck in the 42nd, 80th, 85th and 86th minutes while Rowilson Rodrigues found the net in the 79th.

Salgaocar had earlier taken the lead through Felix Chimaokwu (40th). The win took Churchill to 16 points from eight matches, two behind tabletoppers JCT and Dempo Sports Club. Salgaocar remained on three points.

Iyomi Mboyo sent a forward pass to Okolie, who raced into the box and placed the ball to the left of Salgaocar keeper Milagrio Medeira to see both teams level at half-time. After change of ends, Salgaocar’s Boniface Ambani forced Churchill keeper Vinay Singh to make a diving save. Churchill slowly took control over proceedings, making deep forays into the rival half in the last 20 minutes of the match to score four goals.

They took the lead in the 79th minute when Rowilson Rodrigues headed in off a flag kick taken by Khen thang Paite.

The goal opened the floodgates as Salgoacar’s defence crumbled.

Okolie ran through the rival defence and shot into the net in the 80th minute. Five minutes later, he stunned keeper Milagrio Medeira with a stunning 25-yard right-footer.  A minute later, he rounded off the scoring when he shot home off a pass from Iyomi.