Nairobi City Stars winger Rodgers Okumu Okuse is elated after scoring his team’s winning goal against Nzoia Sugar FC on Friday and now wants to score eight more in the remaining league matches of the season.The City Stars number seven broke Nzoia Sugar’s hearts with an 87th minute winner in Narok to ensure that the Kawangware-based club registered a fifth consecutive league win for the first time in their history in the process moved to fifth position in the FKF Premier League (FKF-PL).The goal against the Millers was Okuse’s second of the campaign and the diminutive attacker expressed his delight at finding the back of the net after almost a four-month goal-drought.“I am definitely happy that I got the winning goal for the team today and I want to thank my teammates and coaching staff for their support because football is a team sport and you can only achieve much collectively,” he told Mozzart Sport.Dances we love to see 🎶Look what it means to the lads 😍#𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕎𝕒ℕ𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕚 pic.twitter.com/spElrPqlp0— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) June 25, 2021 Okuse has very ambitious targets for the remaining eleven league matches. He says he wants to score eight more goals which is almost an average of a goal per game he however adds that he will not be too upset if he does not achieve his target.“My target at the start of the season was to get ten league goals and register a similar number of assists, I am not even halfway through but it’s not giving me much pressure because this is my first season in KPL and I am still adjusting to the demands of playing in the top league. I will work hard to hit the targets but if I don’t I won’t be too hard on myself,” he continued.On the team’s targets for the season, the speedster believes a top-five finish will be good enough for Sanjin Alagic’s men.“We are currently on a good run and we do not want to limit ourselves, we want to finish in the best position possible but I think a top-five position will be good enough this season, next season we will try to better it,” he added.On the player he looks up to in the team, Okuse says he is inspired by veteran Ezekiel Odera’s professionalism, handwork and humility.“I look up to Ezekiel Odera. He is one humble player, very hardworking, and has played in the top flight for many years. We play in different positions but overall I like how he plays and how he handles himself as a professional footballer,” he concluded.Next for City Stars is a match against Wazito FC. (function (el) { window.addEventListener(“message”, (event) => { if (event.origin.startsWith(“https://www.sofascore”)) { if (el.id === event.data.id) { el.style.height = event.data.height + “px”; } } }); })(document.getElementById(“sofa-standings-embed-17654-34876”)); Standings provided by SofaScore LiveScore
