Kozhikode, April 7 -- Dempo SC effected a brilliant comeback from two goals down to beat Gokulam Kerala 4-3 at the EMS Corporation Stadium on Sunday. The scores were tied 2-2 at half-time.

Thabiso Brown's (4', 11', 73') last-day hat-trick was not enough for the hosts, who needed an outright win and for Churchill Brothers to lose their fixture to win the title. In the end, they didn't even manage to fulfil their part in the saga. Cristian Damian Perez (21', 90+4') scored two, while Kapil Hoble (34') and Didier Brossou (71') netted one each for Dempo.

To their credit, though, the early stages of the game were all Gokulam. They came out all guns blazing, and barely 30 seconds had passed on the clock when VP Suhair had their first shot at g...