Tusker FC tactician Robert Matano has hailed the impact of the substitutes in the club’s narrow win over AFC Leopards in an FKFPL match on Sunday.The Brewers won their third match of the season courtesy of Eric MMata’s strike from the spot, a player who had come on from the bench to earn the penalty, and score from 12 yards to bag maximum points for the defending champions.At the stroke of the hour mark, Matano introduced David Majak, Jackson Macharia, Eric Mmata, and Shami Mwinyi for Eric Zakayo, Shaphan Oyugi, Lawrence Luvanda, and Deogratious Ojok with the match still locked at 0-0.Tusker FC have won all their first three matches of the season for the first time since 2011.They went on to lift the title that year.Their best winning start to the season stands at 4 victories, in 2011 still.INTENT!📸Tusker#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/VCQiltD7dT— Murimi Njiru (@muriminjirujnr) December 6, 2022 Before the change, Tusker were not convincing enough but the experienced coach opines that the four changes made at a go strengthened the team.He however acknowledges that they were not at their best in this particular match, and lacked composure more so in the opening stages.##NAJAVA_MECA_6869054##”We did not play so well. We lacked composure and purpose but we managed to force the win. As soon as we brought in the four players we came up very strong and that is the time we created some chances and got the penalty. I am happy with Mmata’s composure in the box,” Matano said.Clinical Tusker whip AFC Leopards to maintain perfect league startThe 12-time Kenyan champions have won all their opening three rounds for the first time since 2011, a year that they went on to clinch the title. and the run is impressing Matano.However, the coach believes that there is still a long way to go to the end of the campaign and they should keep on putting in the effort.”We cannot take the run for granted. We have to continue working hard. We are still far but still, it is a good run,” he added.
