Harambee Stars defender Joseph Okumu played the full ninety minutes of the game as his KAA Gent outfit were forced to settle for a 2-2 away draw to a 10 man Standard Liege in an encounter which marked the beginning of the new 2022/2023 Belgian top flight season.Staged on Friday night at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Gent saw all three points slip right through their hands as Standard Liege scored the equalizer with only one minute of regulation time left on the clock to salvage a point for themselves in a match that had seemed as if they would lose.Okumu’s Gent had put themselves in prime position to get their season off to the best possible start by bagging all the three points as they came from a goal down to leading 1-2, but the last minute strike disrupted the plans as the two sides shared the spoils.FT 2-2 | We geven de zege op het eind nog uit handen. Al kon het ook anders afgelopen zijn 😤#stagnt #ft @getdelta pic.twitter.com/5lqLj8DOB6— KAA Gent (@KAAGent) July 22, 2022 Standard Liege, who were reduced to ten men very early in the match as Alexandro Calut was shown a second yellow on the 15th minute, took the lead against the run of play in the 34th minute after being awarded a penalty.25 year old Moroccan Selim Amallah, who had been brought down in the box by Jordan Torunarigha, picked himself up and slotted into the bottom right to give his team a 1-0 lead that they took into the half time break.Interesting Joseph Okumu stats for Gent this seasonGent however came out of the tunnels a much improved side as they turned on the heat on the home side with their man advantage.Tarik Tissoudali, who had been denied a chance to level the scores in the match by the crossbar on the 58th minute, finally restored parity two minutes after as he pounced on a loose ball into the area to score.##NAJAVA_MECA_6520970##On the 79th minute, Darko Lemajic thought he had completed the comeback for his side as he powered in a delicious cross from Sven Kums but Noe Dussenne equally converted Cihan Canak tantalizing cross into the area to nullify his effort as he ensured that the two sides settled for a point each.
