Nairobi City Stars head coach Nicholas Muyoti was elated with his team’s performance against AFC Leopards on Monday afternoon in Thika and was equally encouraged by the performance of fringe players at the club.Simba wa Nairobi ended their two-match losing streak against a depleted AFC Leopards settling for a one all-draw. Timothy Noor scored City Stars’ goal before Josphat Lopaga earned Ingwe a share of the spoils with his first goal for the club. He was a first half introduction after captain Eugene Mukangula picked an injury in the 25th minute.##NAJAVA_MECA_6442628##For Muyoti, young striker Mohamed Omar was handed a rare start while Rowland Makati was handed his debut in the second half. According to the former Ingwe captain, his team played well even though he admits they conceded the goal from a poor defensive display from his charges .”We played well and today gave some of our players who have not featured much this season a chance and they did well. The goal we conceded was because we didn’t defend well, “he told the Nation.90FULL TIMEAfc Leopards 1 – 1 Nairobi City Stars #SimbaWaNairobi pic.twitter.com/cLHvakb2YG— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) June 6, 2022 Simba wa Nairobi ended the season in seventh position last year and Muyoti is happy that they will finish among the top five teams in the league this campaign.“I’m happy this season we shall finish in the top five which is better than our position last season,” he added.The Kawangware based club end the season with a home match against FC Talanta. It is not yet clear however if the Communication Authority backed team will show up for the game after the boycotted Sunday’s league action against Kakamega Homeboyz due to salary arrears.
