Gor Mahia held by Tusker
Gor Mahia were held to a 2-2 draw by Tusker in a KPL Top 8 semi-final first leg encounter at Afraha Stadium. Gor Mahia scored through Ali Abondo and from a penalty by Meddie Kagere.
It was Gor Mahia who started more brightly. Midfielder Ali Abondo appears to be regaining the form that saw him top the scorers chart in the first leg. He put Gor Mahia in the lead with a well taken shot in the 11th minute. Abondo was largely responsible for the second goal. It was he who was fouled in the box by Lloyed Wahome. Meddie Kagere put GorMahia further ahead in the 37th minute from the spot. Gor Mahia appeared firmly in the driving seat.
Tusker started to fight back after conceding the second goal. Kevin Kimani’s effort off a freekick struck the cross bar in the 44th minute.
But Gor Mahia were playing with a makeshift defence with Eric Ochieng deployed in central defence. Skipper Jesse Were, who was recently banned from the national team for misconduct, pulled one back in the 53rd when he caught the defence off guard. Tusker continued to pile pressure. Eugene Asike finally scored the equalizer in injury time.
Coach Frank Nuttall now admits that he will have to shore up his defence prior to the second leg.
“Given many different circumstances, we are pleased to get away goals but we are disappointed we did not win but we can do better to defend well in the second leg. We had a couple of chances and we utilized them so im relativelyhappy.
“Our two left players are injured so we tried to find solution and given all that, many things must be considered. We have advantage but we will be looking to make sure we go throughout that tie,” said Nuttall.
More to come………….
The unbeaten run must be maintained !
Good game. We must know this was not the Kimanzi Tusker who sit back and defend.This is the type of match expected in SPL with the exception of the incompetent ref.I like teams that give us challenge and Were’s goal was world class and man of the match was definitely Innocent Wafula
We need to bolster the team just in case of injuries.What happens when Musa is injured.
This march exposed how vulnerable we could be without Walusimbi, and the other two backs….
David Ochieng “Cheche” may be available.The team needsan experienced defender like him to replace Glay
against Gor Mahia tusker fc played exactly like tp mazembe. they were really pressing. and sometimes I wonder why Kenyan clubs don’t do well in CAF
My fellow Bloggers, I have a PROBLEM with SUPER SPORT LTD, how can an INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, LIKE SUPER SPORT, EMLPLOYED INCOMPETENCE PEOPLE LIKE MR.GILBERT SELEBWA, MR. SALIM, all are REJECTS COACHES,then the HOST MR. CHIKO LAWI VERY PARTIAL, especialy about one CLUB, by the name GOR MAHIA K’OGALO, then MR. JACOB GHOST MULEE, just behaving like them? ooooh!! my fellow Kenyans who are SOCCER LOVERS, are they the PEOPLE to do MATCH ANNALISSIS? People who can’t differenciate BALL TO HAND AND HAND BALL?. under name of PLAY-BACK. My Thumbs are up for OFF THE PRESS and MACHAKA MACHAKA. The mentioned Foure Guys one day spent their time explaining to GOAL-KEEPERS, how Ali bondo is SCORRING, while they have not DONE that ABOUT JESSE WERE, who is TOP SCORRER in KPL Sportpesa Leaque. Towards the and of 2014 Season, they spent more 15 minutes SCREANNING DAN SSEREKUM, MY QUESTION IS WHY ONLY ONE CLUB JAMENI!!