Tuyisenge hat-trick floors Kariobangi Sharks 3-1
Gor Mahia’s Rwandese striker Jacque Tuyisenge, found the back of the net three times (in the 12th , 20th and 36th minutes) as Gor Mahia recovered from their weekend loss to Mathare to beat Kariobangi Sharks 3-1.
Additional reporting from sportpesa news
Stung by losing their fourth game of the campaign last weekend to Mathare United FC, Gor wasted little time in shifting through the gears in a devastating first half that saw Tuyisenge notch his treble in the 11th, 20th and 36th minutes.
Masoud Juma scored the consolation for Sharks from the spot in the second half but the damage had already been done as the two sides reproduced the exact result from the first leg.
The record K’Ogalo signing thus became the first player to notch a hat-trick for the record 15-time SPL winners since LaLiga side Girona FC forward; Michael Olunga, went home with the match ball in their 4-1 demolition of Chemelil Sugar on June 27, 2015.
The league leaders now have 63 points, 18 ahead of second placed Sofapaka FC and still have a game in hand over Ulinzi Stars FC as they closed in on their 16th crown.
Nightmare season
In Kisumu, both sides came into this match on the back of underwhelming results in their last outings.
Gor coach, Dylan Kerr rung changes to his team, resting keeper Boniface Oluoch, the injured Karim Nizigiyimana and Jean Baptiste Mugiraneza.
In their place came in Peter Odhiambo, Innocent Wafula and Philemon Otieno.
His opposite number William Muluya, with one eye on the GOtv Shield final against Leopards on Friday, made wholesale changes.
Francis Manoah, Sanneh and Wycliffe Otieno who came in as skipper took their place in the starting XI that had Geoffrey Shiveka leading the list of absentees.
It did not take long before K’Ogalo proved their credentials as title holders in waiting with the trio of Kenneth Muguna, Francis Kahata and Otieno dictating the pace from the middle of the park.
Tuyisenge made their early dominance count with the opener when he mopped up a well constructed move.
Even before the decibel levels could go down in a city that has been rocked by the stench of death following a violent clampdown on political protests, the Rwandese forward notched his double when he gave John Oyemba, in the Sharks goal, no chance with an exquisite finish.
Tuyisenge was not done yet as he claimed the match ball inside 23 minutes for his first SPL hat-trick since he joined K’Ogalo in January 2016 to leave Sharks reeling five minutes to the break and staring at a good old hiding.
And it should have been four for the Rwandese seconds before the breather but on this occasion, his canon shot came off the bar with Oyemba soundly beaten.
With the sizeable Green Army supporters baying for more goals, Gor picked off from where they left after they switched sides, forcing Muluya to resort to damage control in a bid to prevent the rout.
Elly Asieche, Juma and midfielder Ovella Ochieng’ who rejoined the Sharks from what the club stated was an ‘exchange programme’ with Swedish top tier side, Djurgardens where Olunga made his name last season, came off the bench.
Their introduction had the desired effect, stemming the one way traffic and Sharks improvement was rewarded 15 minutes from full time when they earned a spot kick after Wafula was adjudged to have handled inside the box.
Juma made no mistake from 12 yards, sending Odhiambo the wrong way to pull one back and embellish the scoreline but Gor comfortably saw out the rest of the match to inch another step closer to glory.
We are proud of you guys , The same goes to the TB and the EC , we may be critical at times but only for the reason that we wish the best for our beloved club.
May you /we strive to keep on building on what we have
Whatever the club does, they should not let Ja Usenge go back to APR
Sometimes I fail to understand why we cannot take the league unbeaten or why we are loosing to teams like Mathare and western stima…I don’t understand kogalo players..3_1 was too much….
Kudos players & TB but are our results being determined to a large extent by the type of playing surface i.e are we too reliant on artificial surfaces e.g Toyoyo and Kisumu. TB should not let such a handicap develop to the extent that it works against us in the CAF matches. Or maybe the pending winning bonuses were cleared and the players are motivated or rather have no reason to be demotivated.
But we beat Tusker in Kericho? We also beat HomeBoyz and Nzoia in Mumias. So it’s not about artificial pitches but poor playing surfaces.
I remember some times back ingwe taking Al Ahli of Egypt to Bukhungu where it rains and the got the win.
Plaing grounds are important. Have had of Kenyan players sying the type of grounds in Noeth/West Africa affects their game since the fileds are of very high quality. The bounce of the ball and the strain on the legs is very different from what we get locally
Mr. Pending Bonuses iroma.
Congrats team.
In Kogallo, I Trust. Worried about nothing. For God and my beloved club – Kogallo
Hi, can we consolidate our branches, of course with with you as the Chairman since your branch is oldest in Uganda.Do we pay the branch registration fee or continue operating candestinely? I’ve noted there is no “sofaset branch kampala” listed at GMFC official website or if there is, what’s your branch registration number?
We are organizing a victory party sometime next month. Please join us.
In Kogallo, I Trust. Worried about nothing. For God and my beloved club – Kogallo
Im being told that supporters as well as the clubs bus was stopped on their way back from Kisumu, now that we are playing in Kericho are we guaranteed security?
KPL should realise the political tempo during this time and offer alternative ground say Kasarani for Gor and Leopards.
I hope our eyes are on to scout our new reinforcements, our wingbacks, creativity is still wanting and even central mid
Congrats boys. Prepare well for Ulinzi
We can now afford to rest meddie and jausenge….lets see more of maloba, ndirangu and jeconiah in the remaining 5 matches.
kudos to the boys but the elephant in the room , yajowa!……….financing, financing, financing.
Kagere and Tuyisenge cannot be rested as tgey are chasing the top scorer’s gong. I wish the team well in the remaining matches. I wish Kegere or Tuyisenge would emerge as the SPL top scorers this year.
yisenge
well said
Tuyisenge push for Golden Boot as you can easily win it if the team works together to push you to get it,as in all penalties be given to him,clear cut chances be created for him etc…Congrats team for the win today
Yep, let Jausenge go for the golden boot that’s a new motivation, so he and Kagere need to be fielded in all remaining matches
GREAT RESULT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOYS!
In victory and glory, in defeat and agony, Kogalo for ever!
Taking this opportunity on this day to Wish Shemeji Afc Leopards victory in the GOTv finals.
Go for it Shemeji .
Im being told that supporters as well as the clubs bus was stopped on their way back from Kisumu, now that we are playing in Kericho are we guaranteed security?
KPL should realise the political tempo during this time and offer alternative ground say Kasarani for Gor and Leopards.
Its absolutely hard to beat Mathare playing them in Such a terrible surface. Their training ground is the same as Thika.
They knew that Gor can not play on terrible surface. With mwendwa in the house we are heading nowhere as a fraternity.