A heroic performance from Harambee Stars custodian Farouk Shikhalo helped propel Mtibwa Sugar to the top of the table in the Tanzanian Premier League on Tuesday evening as the Kenyan international saved a penalty to keep his clean sheet intact while the team battled to a hard fought 0-1 victory against Dodoma Jiji.In the match played at the Liti Stadium in Singida, the former Yanga player made the perfect comeback from injury after missing the team’s last three league matches as he kept his side’s narrow lead in the match by saving an 82nd minute penalty awarded to Dodoma, a moment that sealed three points to take Mtibwa to top of the table ahead of Simba and Yanga.The match got off to a slow start as the relegation fighting Dodoma Jiji played hard ball and proved a hard nut to crack in the opening half, forcing the two sides to go into the break with the deadlock yet to be broken.With the game proving to be a tight contest, only a moment of brilliance from Charles Ilanfya on the hour marked ended to be what would separate the two sides as the player found the back of the net with a brilliant curling strike past the goalkeeper to put his side ahead.#NBCPL Hili hapa goli kali kutoka kwa Charles Ilanfya; Je, inakukumbusha nini? 90’: Dodoma Jiji 0-1 Mtibwa SugarLIVE #AzamSports1HD #NBCPremierLeague #LigiKuuYaNBC #NBCPLUpdates #NBCPL #SisiNiSoka #SokaLetuBambam#DodomaJijiFC #MtibwaSugar #DodomaJijiMtibwa pic.twitter.com/nr4jyyUDyK— Azam TV (@azamtvtz) October 25, 2022 Mtibwa would be handed the lifeline with eight minutes left on the clock when they were awarded a penalty but Shikhalo refused to be beaten as his decision to dive to his left proved to be right as he directed the attempt out for a harmless corner kick, saving his side seal the three points.#NBCPL Penati ya Dodoma Jiji, Penati ya Paul Peter. Je, ni makosa mangapi umeyaona kwenye tukio hili? FT: Dodoma Jiji 0-1 Mtibwa Sugar#NBCPremierLeague #LigiKuuYaNBC #NBCPLUpdates #NBCPL #SisiNiSoka #SokaLetuBambam#DodomaJijiFC #MtibwaSugar #DodomaJijiMtibwa pic.twitter.com/FyU61VjNh0— Azam TV (@azamtvtz) October 25, 2022 With the result, Mtibwa, who have played three games more than second placed Simba and defending champions Yanga in third, jumped to the top of the table on 15 points while Dodo,a remained rooted at the bottom.
