Gor Mahia beat Mount Kenya 4-1
Gor Mahia destroyed Mount Kenya United 4-1 in a midweek KPL match on Wednesday. Erisa Sekisambu struck three times. It was the first hatrick of the league this season. Dennis Oliech added to his tally.
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Ugandan import Erisa Ssekisambu struck a hat-trick while Dennis Oliech added another one from the spot as champions Gor Mahia eases past 10-man Mount Kenya United 4-1 in a SportPesa Premier League (SPL) at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Wednesday.
Former Gor midfielder Moses “Dube” Odhiambo came off the bench to grab a consolation for the visitors who were reduced to 10 men after defender Frank Balabala was sent off on 63 minutes.
A minute of silence was observed before kick off in honour of Tuesday’s Riverside terror attack victims among them football enthusiast James Oduor Radido alias Cobra.
Cobra was an ardent Gor Mahia and local football fan. He was at Kasarani on Sunday when the Kenyan champions laboured to beat New Stars de Doula of Cameroon in the first leg of their Caf Confederation Cup play off.
Mount Kenya remain bottom of the log on two points, 12 below Gor after eight games though the champions have a game in hand.
Ssekisambu netted the opener three minutes after referee Hoses Omondi got the encounter underway by tapping home George “Blackberry” Odhiambo cross.
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Oliech converted a 58th minute penalty after Francis Mustafa hacked down in the box by Kelvin Thairu. Mount Kenya protested the penalty brewing a scuffle that led to Balabala’s red card.
Moses Odhiambo, who replaced John “Softie” Ndirangu in the 55th minute, capitalised on a miscued clearance from Shaffik Batambuze to reduce the deficit before Ssekisambu added his second and Gor’s third on 77 minutes after slotting home Batambuze’s left foot inswinger.
Odhiambo could have claimed a brace but his 89th minute penalty hit the crossbar before Gor cleared their lines.
Ssekisambu then completed his hat-trick after he was teed up by Oliech at the death.
Mount Kenya caused Gor problems early on with Samuel Ndung’u’s precise cross from the left flank going unanswered.
On 38 minutes, Francis Mustafa’s glancing header missed the target after connecting to a Shaffik Batambuze cross.
Ivorian striker Ephrem Guikan had his shot from inside the box miss the target five minutes earlier much to the chagrin of a few fans that had turned up for the midweek clash.
Mount Kenya fluffed a glorious chance to pull level on 39 minutes. Paul Odhiambo charged down the right flank to deliver a cross that fell into Ndung’u’s waiting legs but the former Mathare United man volleyed wide six yards out.
On 41 minutes, the dangerous Ndung’u dribbled past Wellington Ochieng’ to weigh in a long ball from a tight angle but Gor custodian Peter Odhiambo did well to parry it out for a fruitless corner.
Gor coach Hassan Oktay pulled off the misfiring Guikan for the legendary Oliech on 42 minutes, a change that left the Ivorian furiously charging back to the dressing room as fans jeered him off.
Jakoyo mambo? Tell us something about our coach!
Great job boys
commendable keep it up our boys and able coach Oktal.jakoyo and gor player wapi nduru?mtaambi watu nini. Jasego tell thm
Congratulations Gor mahia,let’s go to Cameroon and just qualify
Though a win is a win, I don’t want to be carried away by this one. MT Kenya club is the punching bag of KPL this season. They have literally lost to all teams. I am reserving my celebrations for Cameroon. I hope I shall.
When Gor win against no team like mount Kenya,people like Jasego will yap for the whole week….
Go and win in Cameroon we see.
You will hear ooh Ref,oooh police,oooh time….
Bure Kabisa.
Gor squad of 2019 will not win anything period.
Its just average
why are you talking negative abot gor.
Lakini truth be said are people here in this site really true Mayienga supporters or disguised opponent fans mocking us at every available opportunity. We lose it is ooh oktay oknyal ooh bring back zico ooh foreign players are useless. We win it is ooh mount kenya is not a team worth winning against ooh we are average. I repeat oktay will come good and surpass all expectations by delivering silverware. GM will also re-write history by fighting to win in Cameroon and qualifying for CCC group stage. Congrats team for the huge win and Erisa Ssekisambu for the hat trick the first of this KPL season…
Wishful thinking bro.Those are the same words you used when going to Nigeria……Too much hype for nothing
Gor is out of Continental soccer technically,take that to the bank
Going to Cameroon is just a formality
Ni sawa if you wish us that fate but despite our heartbreak in Enugu Nigeria we shall still fight harder in Limbe to qualify. We know it will be hard but we believe we can prevail against all odds…
And if you think the current Gor Mahia squad can beat Simba and lift Sportspesa cup,your dreaming.Jasego why do like dreaming all the time???
You behave like DP William Ruto….
Awuori….
I took time off today and went to the stadia to support the boys ….this win is NOT worth talking about. The defence was confused, midfield pathetic and strike force, not sure what to say. Had Mt Kenya not lost the defender , i think the game could have ended 2-2.
I told the powers that be on their face…SHOULD we loose in Doula, its time to call a spade , a spade, LET OKTAY LEAVE US IN PEACE !!
Bull shit.Always cynical.Can you be even be positive for once
Jakoyo why do you always wish our beloved te doom and gloom? What has Oktay done that he should leave gor in peace? How many other coaches including Logarusic…Bobby Williamson…Frank Nuttal or Ze Maria qualified GM to group stages of Caf? That feat was onky achieved by Sir Kerr and now Oktay is on the brink of doing the same and needs our support not this things you are writing here which resemble yugii. Which powers that be can you threaten omera Oktay is here to stay regardless of Caf outcome. Erisa scored a hat trick and oliech from the spot but you despise their effort by saying madharau hapo juu…Sio poa it demoralizes the team
Let me be counted among those wishing the best for Gor. I know Gor will thrash that Cameroun side on a level playing field. Cameroun and Ghana make the few number of countries in Africa that would rather do their fighting on the pitch than ‘at the airport’. The other countries being Zambia and S.Africa. Apparently Kenya makes this list. So Gor Mahia shud not be worried about mistreatment.
I have come to realise that most fearful enemy facing Gor is the corrupt EC officials.
The pattern is emerging at Gor that every other time the club has done well in Africa, the club has ended up hitting rock bottom.
@ janam, tell us which team in KPL is not average,.My opinion is that except for the team that won Mandela Cup, all the GM squads therein after have been average, if we were anything above average, we would be playing Champion league group stages year in ,year out.I must say going by our teams improvement soon & very soon we will be GOOD ENOUGH.
On the other hand some guys must be living a very painful and disturbed life, Always wishing ill of people using there GOD given Talents.Used to be told that kitambo when a member of a certain family(relatives infact)is successful(used his talent well) and the other doesn’t, maombi ya kumuangusha inaanza.Thot hao Grandpa’s left with those tabia, It seems like it was passed on to some guys, ni nyikwayo ama.??Life has many bags to Carry, Bag ya nzito ya negativity ndio tunaona tubebe,jamaneni!!.Awuoro.!??
Lens Julains joined Gor the Jakoyos of the latter days strongly opposed with similar comments. He rewrote Gor a history. When Abbas Khamisi Magongo was poached from TZ to become a Kenyan citizen Jakoyos of those days protested, he became a club legend second to non. Dawo Omuga joins Gor Jakoyos protested, he is the only player in this region having achieved that fate. Jack Johnson is brought on board with a new playing format. Jadala and Jakoyos walilalamika vikali sana. He brought a continental silverware. Little to say about the rest, Leo the same drums are pounding in earnest. The harder they pound the the more Kogallo hono proves them wrong. Beat your drums fervently harder
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Congrats GM for the 3 points.Jasego you’ve answered yourself, a good coach & club is all about the SILVERWARE they’ve won in their career. Does Oktay have any silverware (even from Vietnam or a Div.5 title) to his name? Has he had the chance to win any?
Your “Oktay experiment” is blowing hot & cold with the losses to Lobi & twice to K.Sharks being worrying red flags.Luckily other chances bekon on Sunday,then the low key SP Cup. My loyalty is to GM & Oktay has my full support ONLY if he delivers trophies!
Now kindly you also indulge me. As a self confessed insider, Has EC paid the players their Dec18 salaries fully since we that SP advanced the monies ages ago! Lastly hope your “Oktay experiment” works because what’s the fall back plan, Zico again!
Yes brother Oduor12 i don’t believe Oktay will fail hence no need for a fall back plan. He has two years with us and will take us far and win Silverware. Dec salaries and allowances were partly paid ladt friday as we also have the Cameroon trip to think of as well which costs alot and we are trying hard not to unleash begging bowls that tarnish brand GM. We are supposed to settle balances by close of business today after getting all air tickets ready. The financial situation at GM is dicey hence my tendency to concentrate on the technical aspects of the team helping the Coach get his groove on. Sally Bolo handles that side.
Dear brother Akira we are slowly but surely climbing up the table to where we belong. We will never let GM slide into mediocrity so join us in supporting the coach to re-activate the merciless K’Ogalo SGR train manyono gimoyudo e reru…GM is ours owadwa ikun nang’o?
I hope that the patron is doing his job silently in helping the so when the team lifts the silverware at the end of the season, then we will not ask why he can only show up to lift the trophy.
He can’t oversight the affairs of a club of less than 50 persons but aspires to lead a country of 40m,says Church & Judiciary abet corruption yet EC does’nt publish its accounts, evades paying taxes, flies to Europe to watch his unpaid players toil,etc.
Kudos boys besides what did guikan did that he is apologizing to the fans?? Plz any update about his misconduct??
Guikan after being substituted in the first half for Oliech got agitated and ran to the dressing room straight instead if seating at the bench thereby attracting the wrath of fans…He is just frustrated on getting less than enough game time but competition is also stiff..
A player in the caliber of Guikan is not worth being discussed on this wall.
He was released by Kerr peacefully but was brought back by brokers like Jasego.
His characters are unbecoming and to me he was and should be past tense.
Awuoro Gor management….
@Janam and your ilks, please take note that Jasego is not a brokers nor any other negative names you are referring him to portray.
Take your negative postings to somewhere else and we need to appreciate the achievement the team has so far achieved.
On silverware, Kerr and Nuttal won their first trophies with Gor Mahia. The new coach will also win trophies. .
@Jamigori my brother i am being abused daily in this wall nowadays by disguised opponent supporters who wish the team failure day in day out. But it is okay i will take it easy until when i can’t anymore. I am just happy to hear from you after a longtime. I hope all is well with you and the family…Regards
Bwana kubwa, Janam, what is this obsession with Ja’Asego? Be a wise man and never be in hurry to attack or insult someone you neither see nor know. The allure of reckless aggression in social media is quite tempting, but it can have serious consequences.
Meanwhile Gor Mahia midfielder Kenneth Muguna walked out on the team just before their league match against Mt. Kenya United at the Kasarani Stadium on Wednesday.
The former Kenyan Premier League most valuable player refused to board the team bus at the hotel after realizing he was not going to start the game.
“Muguna totally refused to board the team bus after realizing he was not in the starting line up,”.
“Efforts by the team manager (Jolawi Obondo) to have him change his mind fell on deaf ears as the player proceeded home.”
He was, according to a source within the technical bench, to substitute Francis Kahata, who coach Hassan Oktay wanted to give some rest ahead of Sunday’s Confederation Cup match away to New Stars de Douala in Limbe, Cameroon.
Oktay has made it known that only players who impress in training will get to play.
Bandit is Wuod Mary already causing team selection influence? Just wondering.Copy to Jasego.
BB and Jamriambo the boycott by players due to insufficient game time is worrying but let me hope it is not true that a special player has influence on team selection for that would be tragic. I will sort out this matter asap
NOT EVERYBODY HERE IS A GOR MAHIA SUPPORTER. PERIOD.
Let us all agree that God Mahia players are giving their best when selected to play
There are a few isolated cases of individual indiscipline issues.
But these are human beings.
Let’s embrace all and find out what drives each individual to behave the way they do, accord them an opportunity to air their side of the story ( in a respectful organized internal mechanism).
Having said that let’s unite in wishing our beloved players, good luck in the second leg in Cameroun and with our support (unity of purpose) and PRAYERS.
May GOD favour them and see them through to CAF Confederation Cup group stages.
Best of luck Gor Mahia
Tumezama tumepata huyo special ni Kahata.
Kahata aache kuDictetia Watu team selection.
Wuod Mary ler kapamba ,goluru the Menace e dhogu.
Muguna’s performance has been below par, let him follow his heart but carry his brain along. Guikan should have walked away even last week. Gor is not a club of mediocrity and no amount of persuasion will silence Gor fans. Whoever thinks he is more equal than others in the playing unit is in a wrong place.This is not shamba la wanyama.
@odhis my namesake, how is it true that Muguna is below par yet he has only been fielded in two games where he came in as a substitute in the dying minutes. Put together the lad has not even played 30 minutes of competitive football this season. Is that enough to rate his performance?
Let the players convince the coach that they deserve to be given playing time. We won the league without Miguna we even reached group stage last year without him. He left and came back begging….Ok wabisaye…
Even if it’s Oliech , Kahata or even Shakava, the three cannot be compared with Miguna, he left Gor when we needed him most…and i thought that he will never come back. CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT MIGUNA HAS DONE TO KENYA OR GOR IN THAT MATTER?
Miguna should be open and name player who forced the coach not play him so that fans react very bad if the coach can be influenced gor always hire foreign coaches that make independent decision, I hope oktay is one I can hate him if he can be controled miguna come open name names
Let miguna prove himself I’m reminded how he forced himself out.miguna Gor was there before u were born did u watch oduwo cobra play useless ,u even refused to board the bus u and guichiech sip out very fast
How come some us are very quick at insults, I thought this is a group of mature and intelligent friends sharing for the good of the team. Players are usually very demorolized by such direct negative reference, even if you are offended to what extent, can’t we think before posting here. Even patron is not spared jameni, Jasego is pounded to ashes, this is not good comradeship. I wait to be beaten as always, but we must watch what we say here