Promotion chasing APS Bomet FC downed previous table toppers Fortune Sacco on Monday afternoon as they returned back to the top of the National Super League (NSL) log table following their narrow 1-0 victory over their arch rivals in a league encounter staged at the Bomet Stadium.Before the encounter, APS had fallen down to third place after failing to record any win in their last two league outings where they lost to debutants Naivas and drew with former top tier side Zoo.On the other hand, Fortune held a two point advantage at the top of the log despite playing to a thrilling 4-4 draw against other promotion chasers Murang’s Seal who split the two teams on the league standings.When the two teams met, Dennis Cheruiyot’s first half strike is all the law administrators needed to settle the contest as the three points propelled them into position one on the log on 30 points as Fortune dropped to second on 29.In another encounter played at the Camp Toyoyo Grounds in Nairobi, Naivas FC blew a chance of going level on points with third placed Murang’a Seal as they were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw against relegation threatened Migori Youth who are in second last place on the standings.Newton Kamau gave the home side the lead with his penalty strike but they could not hold onto it as Hillary Ojwang’ earned Migori a hard fought point with the equalizerFrustrated Gor Mahia youngster plotting way back to football after shocking early retirement“We need to work in our second half and on our finishing. There are moments we lost concentration in the match and we also did not convert our chances after a fast start to the game. Our intention was to strike early before resorting to contain them but we only got one goal which worked to our disadvantage,” Naivas Captain Vincent Wonder who is an ex AFC Leopards and Vihiga Bullets player, lamented.“It was a tough away match and our strategy, particularly, in the first half worked. We might have been down on the league standings but we played really well and earned a good one point which will give us motivation ahead of our next game,” head coach Marwa Chamberi, who was a former Sony Sugar striker stated after the game.
