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Kawangware based City Stars again proved a hard nut to crack by holding league leaders Gor Mahia to a barren draw in a Kenyan Premier League match played at Kasarani Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The teams had also settled for a similar score line in the first leg encounter.<\/p>\n
City Stars launched their first attack just three minutes into the game. Jimmy Bageya was first caught offside then Dennis \u2018Wise\u2019 Okoth had a shot \u00a0go off target.<\/p>\n
In the 8th<\/sup> minute, Gor Mahia\u2019s Innocent Mutiso sent a nice cross that was met by Anthony Akumu who shot wide.<\/p>\n In the next move, a long ball forward intended to reach Kevin Omondi was intercepted by City keeper Kagunzi to neutralize the lurking danger.<\/p>\n Gor\u2019s Edwin Lavatsa will have himself to blame after blasting wide from a perfect Innocent Mutiso pass in the 11th<\/sup> minute.<\/p>\n In the 23rd<\/sup> minute, Kevin Omondi found space to run then setup Kiongera with a good cross but the latter\u2019s shot was too feeble to trouble the keeper.<\/p>\n In the 26th<\/sup> minute, Eric Ochieng sent a thunderbolt that hit the crossbar to deny Gor the opener.<\/p>\n Ten minutes to the break, City Stars had a\u00a0 chance through Justus Bawsweti whose free kick \u00a0went straight to keeper Jerim Onyango.<\/p>\n Paul Kiongera closed the first half chapter with another wide shot.<\/p>\n Second Half<\/strong><\/p>\n After the break, Gor Mahia began from where they had left by piling pressure that resulted in\u00a0 a corner that fell on Donald Mosoti\u2019s leg but he shot wide.<\/p>\n A bad challenge on Arthur Museve by Paul Kiongera meant the City Stars veteran \u00a0had to be stretched off to receive medical attention while Kiongera registered his name in the yellow cards list. Raymond Omondi later replaced Museve.<\/p>\n In the 57th<\/sup> minute, Jimmy Bageya was yellow carded for complaining about a wrong offside call. Three minutes later, the Ugandan paved way for John Makwata.<\/p>\n Gor Mahia\u2019s \u00a0then made inroads into the City box but Eric Ochieng\u2019s dive in the 65th<\/sup> minute only earned him a yellow card booking.<\/p>\n In the 68th<\/sup> minute, Paul Kiongera sent a pin point cross to Kevin Omondi who managed to round the keeper but with an empty net inviting him, he shot wide. Omondi would then watch in disbelief as the woodwork denied him the opener from a free kick four minutes later.<\/p>\n Coach Bobby Williamson tried to unlock the deadlock by bringing in \u00a0Moses Odhiambo for the \u00a0hardworking Innocent Mutiso. The dreadlocked striker\u2019s major contribution was in the 90th<\/sup> minute when he dribbled into the box then found Kevin Omondi who squandered the opportunity.<\/p>\n The draw means Gor Mahia has now dropped four points in their last two games. They still top the log with\u00a0 37 points, 6 above second placed Thika United.City Stars has 25 points from 19 matches.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t