Nzoia Sugar saw off Posta Rangers by a solitary goal at Ruaraka Grounds on Sunday afternoon to come off the relegation zone past.This was the seventh unbeaten game for Nzoia Sugar and it will come as an important win for the Millers in the survival quest.Salim Babu lauded his team for playing to his instructions, saying they had planned for the win and it was not by luck.”We had planned for this win. Football is a game of instructions and the players played just how I wanted and put in the effort. This win has pushed us above the relegation zone and we will take it from there,” Babu said.His counterpart Salim Ali conceded defeat although he felt they had higher chances of winning the match.”It is sad that we played well and lost. We had higher chances of winning the game although they are a good team and have been on a good run,” Ali said.Salim Ali was mostly silent on his technical area while Salim Babu paced up and down dishing out instructions to his charges almost the entire match.Nzoia thought they had taken the lead midway through the first half via a deflected shot into the net bit it was ruled out for offside. Bandari sink title hopefuls Homeboyz in MombasaPosta Rangers were completely overrun in midfield as well as on the left flank, prompting Salim Ali to make two changes in the first half as Sammy Meja and Cavin Odongo came on in place of Michael Apudo and Victor Majid after just 36 minutes.The changes had a minimal effect as the two teams went into the break level.Second half On resumption, Nzoia Sugar took over from where they had left in the first half, taking the game to Posta Rangers and with more intensity.Their efforts paid off five minutes into the second period when the visitors took the lead through James Kibande after a nice interchange of passes.Chasing the game, Posta threw all they had into the game and could have gotten the equalizer through Patrick Otieno but Humphrey Katasi stretched to keep the ball off the line and maintain Nzoia’s lead.David Ochieng’ had two chances from corners, one in the first half and one in the second but he could not guide the ball into the net, heading wide in both instances.Posta Rangers Starting XI: Jairus Adira, Sammy Imbuye, Michael Apudo (Sammy Meja) 36′, Kennedy Odhiambo, David Ochieng’, Benard Ondiek (Francis Nambute) 73′, Patrick Otieno, Victor Majid (Cavin Odongo) 36′, Timothy Otieno (Eliud Lokuwam) 73, Brian Otieno (Jackson Dwang) 63′, Brian MaritaUnused subs: Kelvin Opiyo, Dinken Mwema, Sammy Odero, Victor NdinyaNzoia Sugar Starting XI: Humphrey Katasi, Moses Mwale, Vincent Mahiga, Ian Karani, Randy Bakari, Kevin Juma, James Kibande, Bonface Munyendo, Lewis Okello, Joseph Mwangi, Felicien OkandaUnused subs: Benson Mangala, Kevin Maliachi, Emmanuel Esekon, Daniel Wafula, Ian Simiyu Leonard Kasembeli, Titus Kapchanga, Alfred Tanui
