{"id":10700,"date":"2018-04-22T15:19:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=10700"},"modified":"2018-04-23T04:04:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T04:04:27","slug":"second-half-masterclass-see-gor-mahia-blast-thika-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/second-half-masterclass-see-gor-mahia-blast-thika-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Second half masterclass see Gor Mahia blast Thika 5-2"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lawrence Juma of Gor Mahia takes on Sammy Meja of Thika United<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gor Mahia, having recently been buoyed by their qualification for the group stage of the 2018 CAF Confederations cup, put on a spectacular display when they beat Thika United 5-2 on Sunday. And they had to do it after going behind twice. But their second half masterclass will surely put a smile on coach Dylan Kerr’s face given that he has been worried about his team’s ability to score.<\/p>\n

Report by Capital FM
\nNAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 22- Samuel Onyango, Meddie Kagere and Francis Kahata stepped off the bench to score as Gor Mahia regained their spot on top of the Kenyan Premier League standings with a 5-2 win over Thika United at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The game had been tied at 2-2 before Onyango scored the third for Gor in the 74th minute then Kagere took a well taken goal off a counter in the 89th minute. However the cream of the afternoon was left for Kahata who sublimely lifted the ball over Allan Owiny two minutes later for Gor\u2019s fifth.<\/p>\n

The win saw Gor Mahia move to 25 points, two ahead of second placed Mathare United who lost 1-0 to Wazito on Saturday. K\u2019Ogalo have three matches at hand due to their participation in the CAF Confederations Cup.<\/p>\n

It was a happy ending for Gor with their afternoon having started off with three of their fans perishing in an accident as they travelled to Machakos to cheer on the team. The fans were allegedly precariously hanging on a bus before they toppled off after the vehicle came into contact with another saloon car.<\/p>\n

On the field, Gor almost paid for some bit of laxity with Thika taking control with a 2-1 lead on the hour mark, but keeper Allan Owiny took the glimmer off teammates Masakidi Mata\u2019s beauty of a freekick after pushing Jacques Tuyisenge\u2019s shot into his own net four minutes later.<\/p>\n

Gor Mahia ended the opening half with a collective huge sigh of relief, Ephraim Guikan drawing them level with a well taken first time effort after a sleek through pass from Tuyisenge that split the defense.<\/p>\n

The visitors had gone ahead early in the fourth minute when Eugene Mukangala curled a well taken shot past Shabaan Odhoji who was starting ahead of the rested Boniface Oluoch.<\/p>\n

Gor Mahia had lost the ball in midfield and when Mukangula was played through, he set himself up with the first touch before taking a shot.<\/p>\n

Thika had started the match swift with Gor Mahia yet to settle in and after going ahead, they should have added a second when Baraka Badi\u2019s low cross from the right landed on Edmond Adem\u2019s path, but the forward miscued his shot.<\/p>\n

Despite the slippery conditions of the pitch, Gor Mahia started growing into the game and had a chance with a freekick from the edge of the box on the quarter hour mark but Tuyisenge curled the effort over.<\/p>\n

K\u2019Ogalo continued to raid Thika as they searched for the equalizer and in the 23rd minute, Tuyisenge accidentally blocked what looked like a goal bound shot from Lawrence Juma who had taken a shot from a Guikan cutback.<\/p>\n

They came closest on the half hour mark when skipper Harun Shakava\u2019s shot from inside the box came against the crossbar after being put through by debutant Raphael Sudi who had dribbled past a forest of legs at the edge of the box.<\/p>\n

Four minutes from the break, Innocent Wafula charged down from the right and managed to slap in a low cross, but the ball could only go straight into Allan Owiny\u2019s arms with Guikan salivating at the edge of the six yard box.<\/p>\n

Gor\u2019s pressure finally bore fruit two minutes to the break when Guikan found the back of the net, Sammy Mejja playing him on side and the Ivorian racing to a Tuyisenge through pass before beating Owiny.<\/p>\n

Thika were forced into a change at the stroke of half time when Adem was forced out injured with a muscle strain and his place taken by Hansel Ochieng.<\/p>\n

In the second half, Thika came back with pace again and eight minutes after the restart, Mukangula\u2019s header from a Mata cross went inches over the bar.<\/p>\n

However, seven minutes later, Mata was wheeling away in celebration after curling a sublime freekick over the wall, the ball bumping in the inside of the post on its way into the net with keeper Odhoji left dumbfounded.<\/p>\n

But the lead only lasted three minutes as keeper Owiny\u2019s hilarious howler brought Gor back into the game. The keeper first rushed out to cut off an onrushing Tuyisenge but missed the ball completely.<\/p>\n

As if that was not enough, Tuyisenge\u2019s shot was blocked by Franko Bala, but the keeper rushing back to his line pushed the ball into his own net as he attempted to tip it over.<\/p>\n

Gor struck the winner in the 74th minute when Innocent Wafula lifted the ball over Owiny on the left and on onrushing Onyango side footed it home unmarked from the right.<\/p>\n

Kagere then finished off the job barely 10 minutes after coming on,<\/p>\n

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