AFC Leopards head coach Patrick Aussems says his side has to devise a plan of dealing with teams that resort to long balls when they play his club as they have been ‘suffering’ in recent weeks.This comes after his side’s win over Nairobi City Stars on Wednesday afternoon at the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani. A Cliff Nyakeya first-half strike settled the game after the winger pounced on a loose back pass from a Simba wa Nairobi defender.##NAJAVA_MECA_6923523##City Stars didn’t cause Ingwe any problems in the first stanza but in the second they went all out, raiding Ingwe’s rearguard, and had they taken some of the chances they would have picked at least a point from the duel.It has been the case for Leopards this season as they have struggled to contain teams that go long and the tactician says they have to work on a plan.”We start the year on a good way because we took the three points with a very good first half, I think we had 70 or 75% ball possession but unfortunately in the second half we made the same mistakes that we have been making, we dropped too much and allowed them to use those long balls and you know all these teams play long balls and it is always a problem because football is not like that anymore but we need to adapt, we must have a plan. The good thing is we took three points and kept a clean sheet, ” he stated.Nyakeya’s goal was the first for the club. The Harambee Stars winger was recently cleared to play by FKF and Aussems is happy with the manner they got the goal as it was a result of an enforced error.”For any player when they score they are happy and get confidence but for me, it is not much about who scored, it is regarding the situation because we decided to press high and we did it well and the goal came through it,” he added.Ingwe have scored just four goals in six outings and the lack of goals is troubling the Belgian coach.”One goal is never enough. We need to score a second one to be sure but unfortunately, we were not able to score a second one and we had to fight till the last minute,” he added.Elated Zico savors KCB victory over Gor Mahia but moans over disruptive festive break
