Muchiri toasts Tusker to victory

Boniface Muchiri got off the bench to give Tusker FC their second Kenyan Premier League (KPL) win on the bounce following a 1-0 victory over Nakumatt FC at the Ruaraka grounds on Wednesday.

It also marked the second win in as many matches for Francis Baraza who was appointed interim coach following the suspension of head coach George ‘Best’ Nsimbe.

Baraza marked his debut with an emphatic 4-0 win over Muhoroni Youth FC and while Wednesday’s result was less spectacular, it lifted them to fourth on the 18-team KPL log. However, their slim win over Nakumatt has fired them to the third slot on 46 points, 17 shy of run-away leaders Gor Mahia.

The game burst to life towards the end of the first half as both sides scrambled to find the advantage before the break. Humphrey Mieno should have put Tusker into the lead but failed to control the ball properly inside the box, missing a golden opportunity.

The visitors came knocking again, forcing Nakumatt into conceding a foul close to the by-line of the right flank. The resultant free-kick was parried to the opposite end by keeper Ezekiel Owade. Danson Kago picked the pieces on the left  on a follow up but his attempted cross was blocked by Collins Shivachi.

Nakumatt however failed to  provide adequate supply to their danger-man Kepha Aswani, the joint KPL top scorer with Gor Mahia FC’s Jacques Tuyisenge on 12 goals, cutting  a frustrated figure in the contest.