Football
Luckless
Rivers United came unstuck in Lagos as an early Chijioke Akuneto penalty handed
MFM FC a 1-0 victory.
Rivers
United dominated the Nigeria Professional Football League clash decided at the
Agege Stadium buy failed to translate their superiority to goals.
The
hosts started briskly and were awarded a penalty in the third minute.
Akuneto
stepped up and fired low and hard into the bottom corner to give the the hosts
the lead.
The
visitors then took over, dominating the rest of the half and indeed, the game
but failed to convert their chances at the opportune moments.
Head
coach of MFM, Fidelis Ilechukwu conceded that the visitors had the better
chances and probably deserved more than they got on the day.
"Rivers
United is a fantastic side. It's all about converting chances.
"The
only problem they had today was about their strikers putting the ball in the
back of the net.
"But
talking about the quality (that they possess), they are a perfect team,"
Ilechukwu said.
Wasiu
Jimoh had a free kick kept out from hitting the back of the net by a goal line
clearance on 31 minutes.
The
big Rivers United forward had an even better opportunity to open the scoring
four minutes later when he came face to face with with the MFM goalkeeper,
Folarin Abayomi but he dragged his effort wide across the face of goal.
Wasiu
was to, unbelievably have yet another opportunity, a minute later, to level
matters but for the umpteenth time.
Ossy
Martins struck a fierce effort from the edge of the box wide as the half drew
to a close.
The
visitors continued to dominate proceedings and
The
second half followed the same pattern as the first with the visitors
controlling the game but consistently failing to hit the underbelly of the
opposition.
The
nadir of the plethora of chances missed was recorded with 16 minutes from the
end why Martins inexplicably missed an open goal from two yards out.
Technical
manager of United, Stanley Eguma also voiced his opinion on the defeat.
"It
wasn't a bad game. It was just that we failed to convert the chances that we
created," Eguma disclosed.
Rivers
United dropped to seventh place on the log, following Sunday's defeat in Lagos,
with a total of 23 points from 17 games while MFM moved up to third on the log
with 27 points from 17 games.
Rivers
United will next face Enyimba in Port Harcourt in their next league game on
Wednesday, May 8.
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