Kenyan duo of Joseph Okumu and Victor Wanyama were on the winning end as their sides KAA Gent and CF Montreal picked up wins on Saturday night and Sunday morning respectively.Joseph OkumuOkumu played the whole length of the match as Gent beat Standard Liège 2-1 to strengthen their lead in the Europe play-offs.Gift Orban opened the scoring for Gent after 31 minutes but Steven Alzate leveled matters 11 minutes into the second half.##NAJAVA_MECA_7234406##However, Hugo Cuypers restored Gent’s lead five minutes later as they held on to the slim advantage to the final whistle.Liège had to play the last six minutes plus stoppage time with a man less after Alzate was sent off for a second bookable offense. The former Chemelil Sugar defender was cautioned in added time for time wasting as Gent sought to run down the clock.Gent will be up against Cercle Brugge next Saturday.
Victor WanyamaThe former Harambee Stars Captain played for 90 minutes before being withdrawn in stoppage time as Montreal picked a crucial 2-0 win over Orlando City, a fourth win in a row with the same scoreline.After a poor start that had seen them lose six of their opening seven matches leaving them third-last at some point, Montreal seem to finally be finding their footing and are currently 18th following Sunday’s win.Omanyala breaks 30-year 150m African Record in AtlantaThe match was held at 0-0 until Orlando’s Robin Jansson put the ball in his own net 62 minutes in the game to give Montreal the lead.Four minutes later, Romell Quioto who had come on at the stroke of the hour mark, doubled the advantage as they held on to the last minute.