Gor Mahia’s English head coach Mark Harrison has expressed his delight at the team’s impressive performance against Sudan’s Al-Ahly Merowe in their away first leg CAF Confederation Cup tie held in Egypt on Friday night.Trailing one nil at half time against the run of play, the record Kenyan champions managed to pull themselves out of the ruins as three second half goals from Sammy Onyango, Benson Omala and Jules Ulimwengu completed the turnaround and gave them a crucial upper hand heading into the second leg set for this coming weekend in Nairobi.Gor Mahia come from behind to thump Al Ahly MeroweSpeaking to Mozzart Sport after jetting back into the country from Egypt, Harrison waxed lyrical about his boys scintillating performance. He however bemoaned his side’s unbecoming behavior of gifting their opponents an easy leeway into the game without them working for it.“I said to the boys at half time that we are our own worst enemies. Teams do not hurt us. We cause our own problems and we gave away a silly goal. I do not think Gad had a shot to save of any real consequence during the whole ninety minutes. We give the opposition goals when they don’t create anything. I told them not to panic, to keep playing and sticking to the game plan the way we were trying to do and they really did well. They played some terrific football especially in the second half. To be fair, we ripped them to pieces as it was one way traffic,” the head coach reminisced.🟢 | UPDATE The team landed safely at JKIA at 7am from Egypt and well recieved by Chairman. We thank God for the good trip. 🙏#Sirkal | #Betsafe pic.twitter.com/GtV65m8Irl— GOR MAHIA FC (@OfficialGMFC) October 17, 2021 With the two goals advantage and three away goals, Gor only need to prevent the Sudanese representatives from getting more than two goals in order to proceed to the final stage of the qualifiers before the precious group stages.Ahead of the second leg, the head coach called on his side to keep their heads down and get the job done in the second leg by asserting themselves in the match.“We have to avoid complacency. We need to know that there is still ninety minutes to play and we have to go out there and finish the job. By finishing the job that means to get another goal or two to make it impossible for the opposition to catch you and control the game from the beginning as we play our tempo,” the head coach remarked.##NAJAVA_MECA_5898747##Should Gor manage to keep out the Sudanese side, they will face a team that will drop down from the CAF Champions League in a two legged home and away tie for a place in the group stages of the continental tournament.
