Gor Mahia cruised past hapless FC Talanta 3-0 in a midweek Football Kenya Federation Premier League, FKFPL match on Thursday at the Kasarani Stadium. In his post-match comments, Talanta coach Ken Kenyatta took aim at the referee, accusing him of ruling out a clear goal that could have altered the course of the game.”We scored within the first two minutes and it was a clean goal, but he disallowed it, so the players were demoralized,” the former Ushuru FC coach lamented.##NAJAVA_MECA_6971197##”It was a classic goal. Even if there was someone here watching the game, he could not have disallowed that goal.”The goal was chucked off after Talanta skipper Jacktone Onjala, from video reviews, appeared to have directed the ball into the net using his hands. He was carded for the offense. K’Ogalo went ahead through defender Joshua Onyango’s bullet header from a corner kick in the 9th minute before Benson Omalla doubled the lead ten minutes later after being set up by Ugandan Peter Lwasa with a defense splitting pass.Omalla, who is the leading league top scorer, has now scored ten goals, five more than his closest rival in the golden boot race.##EDITORS_CHOICE##After a steady start to the season, the coach Johnathan McKinstry’s side are now third on the log with 23 points; one point off leaders Tusker FC, who have played a game more.Following the midweek games, the focus now fully shifts to Sunday when AFC Leopards will host their arch rivals Gor Mahia in the Mashemeji Derby.A request by Leopards to have the fixture pushed back was rejected by the FKF and the game will go on as planned.FKF through Barry Otieno, the CEO, explained that the request couldn’t be granted due to a tight schedule the league is running.
