{"id":15693,"date":"2020-02-08T17:05:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T17:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=15693"},"modified":"2020-02-08T23:31:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T23:31:00","slug":"gor-mahia-go-down-to-sofapaka-3-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-go-down-to-sofapaka-3-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia go down to Sofapaka 3-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 583px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/muguna-sofa-20.jpg\" width=\"583\" height=\"447\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muguna in action against Sofapaka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gor Mahia&#8217;s march to the 2019-2020 Kenya Premier League title was slowed down on Saturday at Narok when they went down 3-1 to Sofapaka.<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting from futaa.com<br \/>\nSofapaka got their revenge in Narok after stunning Gor Mahia 3-1 in a Kenyan Premier League clash played on Saturday 8th.<\/p>\n<p>High flying Sofapaka got themselves ahead seconds after kick-off with a brilliant header from Chinonso. However, Samuel Onyango leveled the scores in the 15th minute. In the second half, John Baraza&#8217;s men had a brilliant display and restored their lead through Chinonso who grabbed his brace. Minutes to stoppage time Ikekhai Sunday&#8217;s stunning goal put the game beyond Gor Mahia&#8217;s reach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chinonso opener<\/strong><br \/>\nSofapaka took the lead inside 28 seconds of play through Promise Chinonso who headed in a cross from close range. Gor Mahia lost the possession after kick and Sofapaka took the chance to counter, Esieche had the ball on the left before delivering a searching pass to Chinonso, who made no mistake by nodding home to hand his side an early lead.<\/p>\n<p>K&#8217;Ogalo were on a mission to respond after going down early. Confusion at the back saw Juma Balinya get the ball outside the 18 area, he took a shot which was parried by Richard Aimo with the ball hitting the post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Equalizer<\/strong><br \/>\nGor Mahia found the equalizer in the 15th minute from a corner. Kenneth Muguna stepped up to deliver a corner that met Samuel Onyango who was in between two Sofapaka defenders and the Green Army were level.<\/p>\n<p>Another attack from the men in green was on the cards, Balinya had the ball on the right, delivered a searching pass to Onyango, who was left one on one with the keeper but failed to beat Aimo from close range.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chinonso brace<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the second half, Sofapaka were controlling the match, making a number of attempts with Gor Mahia forced to clear the ball from the line twice. In the 55th minute, Sofapaka restored their lead through Chinonso. Captain Asieche delivered a beautiful corner that was headed in by unmarked Chinonso.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ikekhai stunner<\/strong><br \/>\nWith 6 minutes remaining to stoppage time, Sofapaka grabbed the third goal and it was an absolute stunner. The hosts had a throw-in on the right side, Gor&#8217;s defence failed to clear the danger fully with the ball landing on Ikekhai Sunday&#8217;s leg. 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