Kenyan duo of Victor Wanyama and Joseph Okumu could not do anything to help their sides secure all three points in their respective league matches as their teams played out to draws on Friday and Saturday. Here is a wrap of how the action unfolded.Joseph OkumuThe fast rising Harambee Stars centre back was once again named in the starting lineup and featured for the full length of the game as his KAA Gent played to a 1-1 draw against St Truiden at the Ghalmco Arena on Friday night.FT 1-1 | Concentratieverlies in het slotkwartier doet ons de das omCOBW🔵⚪️| #kaagent #gntstvv #ft pic.twitter.com/CKImyMUpWR— KAA Gent (@KAAGent) July 30, 2022 Despite Hugo Cuypers giving Gent an early lead in the 12th minute, the team failed to see out the threat of the away side as they conceded the equalizer with only eight minutes of regulation time left on the clock as Japanese international Daichi Hayashi salvaged a point for his side.The late goal became the second time that Gent gave away victory in the dying stages of the game as the same happened in their opening match of the season last weekend.“My first goal for KAA Gent is a fact, but that we give away the victory again in the last minutes hurts. We had already had one or two warnings during the match on stationary phases. The third was too much. We also missed a chance of making it 2-0,” Cuypers, remarked after the game.##NAJAVA_MECA_6534675##“STVV played in a strong block and was sharp. In the second half we could not do much against it. There is going to be a lot of talk about this internally. The working points are clear. The season is still long but these missed points are painful,” he said.The second draw of the season leaves Gent already leaves Gent in 11th place on 2 points, four adrift current leaders Leuven.Gor Mahia to play Coast Combined in first test match under Jonathan McKinstryVictor WanyamaThe former Harambee Stars captain featured for the full length of the game but could not help his side extend their two match winning streak as they played to a barren draw against New York City early Saturday morning.The result saw them fail to close gap on the leaders as they got to third on the table on 36 points.On récolte un point.+1 against @NYCFC.#CFMTL pic.twitter.com/fNKVRXZ0ff— CF Montréal (@cfmontreal) July 31, 2022 In Sweden, former Tusker FC captain Eugene Asike was nowhere in the matchday squad as his Karlstad outfit picked a 1-0 win over Umea FC in the Division 1 league.
