Nairobi City Stars bid to register their fourth successive win of the season as well as to scale to the summit of the log has flopped after playing Posta Rangers to a one all draw at Thika Stadium.City Stars had to break sweat for the point as they came from a goal down to hold Stanley Okumbi’s charges who have now gone for two matches without a win having lost their previous match to Kakamega Homeboyz.Prior to kick off, Okumbi rung changes in his defence line, pairing David Ochieng and Bernard Ondiek, a natural midfielder at the heart of the defence while Samuel Njau made his debut, starting in between the sticks.City Stars who dominated the game from onset were forced to a unwanted substitution in the 17th minute when Nicholas Kipkirui picked an head injury with his place taken by Rodgers Okumu.The change saw City Stars rejig their formation as Ezekiel Odera who enjoyed the company of Kipkirui remained as the sole centre forward with Davies Agesa and Okumu calling the shots on the flanks. FULLTIMEWe settle for a point in ThikaFULLTIME SCORESPOS 1️⃣ – 1️⃣ NCS#BetterMustCome#𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕎𝕒ℕ𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕚— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) October 30, 2021 Okumu made good use of his pace to terrorise Michael Apudo on the left wing but could not get a decent cross to Odera who was largely under fed for the better part of first half. Brian Marita broke the deadlock for Rangers in the 36th minute when his deflected freekick caught Jacob Osano flat footed. Rangers had been awarded the foul after Vincent Wasambo was brought down few yards from the box.City Stars made their second change before restart with Oliver Maloba coming in for Agesa as coach Nicholas Muyoti sought to inject more punch in the midfield that had failed to create scoring chances.The experience in the City Stars team came to play when Odera made a witty run in the box that stretched the Rangers defence before squaring the ball to Anthony Kimani who expertly plundered home the equalizer in the 53rd minute.Chrispinus Onyango will be disappointed with his left leg after he failed to tap in Rangers second goal in the 65th minute from an empty net after Osano had been beaten by a cross brought by Eliud Lokuwam.City Stars made their third change in the 67th minute where Eric Ombija came in for Odera,a minute that saw Victor Majid go into the book for a bad tackle on Kimani.Okumbi threw in Jackson Dwang for Majid in the 72nd minute and would later introduce the duo of Francis Nambute and Dennis Oalo for Caleb Olilo and Marita respectively.Nairobi City Stars XI: Jacob Osano, Kelvin Okumu, Dennis Wanjala, Kennedy Onyango, Lennox Ogutu,Sven Yidah,Anthony Kimani,Timothy Ouma,Davies Agesa, Ezekiel Odera,Nicholas KipkiruiSubstitutes: Steven Njung’e, Oliver Maloba, Eric Ombija, Rodgers Okumu,Calvins Masawa, Michael Madoya, Elvis Noor, Vincent Otieno, Abdallah SalimPosta Rangers XI: Samuel Njau, David Ochieng, Sammy Imbuye, Bernard Ondiek, Michael Apudo, Vincent Wasambo, Victor Majid,Brian Marita, Chrispinus Onyango, Eliud Lokuwam, Caleb OliloSubstitutes: Kelvin Opiyo, Jackson Dwang, Steiner Musasia, Francis Nambute, Timothy Otieno, William Odero, Dennis Oalo, Dinken Mwema, Sammy Meja
