courtesy of goal.com<\/p>\n
The win increases Gor Mahia’s points tally to 34 on the log which is three better than second placed Tusker who lost 1-0 to Sony Sugar in Awendo<\/p>\n
Gor Mahia regained lead at the top of Kenyan Premier League after two second half goals downed Western Stima 2-0 at Afraha Stadium in Nakuru on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The win increases Gor Mahia’s points tally to 34 on the log which is three better than second placed Tusker who lost 1-0 to Sony Sugar in Awendo.<\/p>\n
It is a result that left Gor Mahia coach Bobby Williamson optimistic about team’s title hopes in a season that has seen his side lose key players and a shirt sponsor.<\/p>\n
“This was a very important win for us and it shows that we are still strong enough to defend the title with our new players. The new comers gave a good account of themselves and the fans have something to celebrate,\u201d Williamson told Goal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n It was the second defeat in a row for Stima, who just last Saturday went down 1-0 to Tusker and it left head coach Henri Omino a disappointed man. “We have been having challenges at the back and once again today we were let down by poor defending. We are going back to the drawing board and hope to make some improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n Eric Ochieng\u2019 scored first goal for Gor Mahia in 70th minute before Timothy Otieno added the second six minutes later. Otieno was an instant hero after scoring the second goal as he had earlier in the 50th prevented a John Kariuki goal bound shot from counting.<\/p>\n Gor \u00a0Mahia \u00a0were in full control at the beginning of the match and were reearded by an early free-kick from which Timothy Otieno was denied by Samuel Odhiambo in the Stima goal. In the 8th minute, Western Stima replied from a counter attack which posed a threat near Gor\u2019s danger zone and its clearance led to Stima\u2019s first corner-kick.<\/p>\n Gor retaliated hard four minutes later pitting Baba kizito whose on-target stroke was deflected by the Stima custodian.\u00a0The match went on with shifts of ball from Gor\u2019s end to Stima\u2019s end and vice-versa when Ali Bai shot met hard defending.<\/p>\n Five minutes later, John Kiplangat had another chance to put his side ahead but missed as the game ended 0-0 at the end of first half.\u00a0Urged on by the huge turn out, Gor Mahia were always going to score and indeed did so after putting their opponents under intense pressure to a point where they cracked.<\/p>\n Jerim Onyango, Kevin Oluoch, Harun Shakava, David Owino, Godfrey Walusimbi, Baba Kizito, Eric Ochieng, Collins Okoth, Joseph Kariuki, Timothy Otieno (Daniel Onyango), Arthur Ssemazzi (George Odhiambo)<\/p>\n Subs:<\/b>David Juma [GK], Patrick Onyango, Musa Mohammed,\u00a0 Simon Mburu, Charles Bruno.<\/p>\nStarting Line-Up<\/h4>\n