Kenyan international Joseph Okumu featured the whole length of the match as his side KAA Gent saw off Kortrijk 4-0 in a Belgian top-flight league match on Sunday night.This was Okumu’s 14th league appearance of the campaign and he marked it with the fifth league clean sheet of the season.Both teams, however, had to finish the match with a man less each following the sending off of Kristof D’Haene for Kortrijk in the 20th minute and that of Gent’s Sven Kums six minutes into the second half.Cleansheet and big win for Okumu in final Conference League group stage matchThe win stretched Gent’s unbeaten streak across all competitions to seven, including four back-to-back wins in their most recent matches.Gent were dealt a blow slightly midway through the first half following the injury of Matisse Samoise but it would turn out to be a blessing in disguise as Alessio Castro-Montes, who come on to replace the injured Belgian setup Andrew Hjulsager for the opener eight minutes after coming on.With five minutes left to play in the first half, Ibrahim Salah doubled Gent’s lead from a Hugo Cuypers assist to see the visitors head into the break with a two-goal cushion.##NAJAVA_MECA_6806661##Substitute Laurent Depoitre scored five minutes into his came in the 69th minute to make it 3-0, with the first goal scorer Hjulsager on assist duties this time around.Salah scored the fourth goal two minutes later off a second Castro-Montes assist and Gent held on to the four-goal advantage to the final whistle.
