FKF Premier League champions Gor Mahia kept up their recent fine form on Wednesday 4 December with a 3-2 victory over FC Talanta at Dandora Stadium to make it three wins on the trot for interim manager Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno.K’Ogalo, since their managerial change, have looked to be in imperious form, and in their catch-up game in front of a sizeable crowd, made meal of a strong start before easing out the contest to now trail leaders KCB by five points and with two games in hand.FULL TIMETalanta FC 2-3 Gor Mahia FC #SportpesaNaGor #Kogalo #Sirkal— Gor Mahia FC Ke (@gormahiafcke) December 4, 2024 Sylvester Owino gave Gor a deserved lead in the 15th minute when he bundled home an Austin Odhiambo freekick that seemed to come off striker Christopher Ochieng before being parried away to his feet by Talanta keeper Robert Ouma.The goal, celebrated by a well-traveled pocket of green, was indicative of the bright start K’Ogalo enjoyed from the get-go, coming just minutes after all of Ochieng, Samuel Kapen and Levin Odhiambo had threatened to open the scoring but to no avail.Shariff Musa immediately after Owino had struck cut in from the left but saw his curler drop wide.##NAJAVA_MECA_8547569##Talanta, who had made no inroads at the Gor Mahia goal, were surprisingly on level terms in the 22nd minute when a Peter Abiola cross from the right was headed in by Emmanuel Osoro.Gad Matthews in that occasion was guilty of being wrongly placed, as he failed to get a hand on the ball despite it being placed straight in the middle of his goal.And though the goal silenced the crowd, there was no stopping Gor Mahia’s energy as they regained the lead in the 36th minute through captain Odhiambo.Michira strikes late to spare Shabana’s blushes against Posta RangersThe midfielder played a brilliant one-two with Musa before gaining entry into the opposing box, where he placed a left-footed shot to the bottom corner.The goal was his second in two games, and fourth all season.Two became three just before the break for K’Ogalo as Christopher Ochieng had his shot from just outside the 18-yard box hit a defender before lifting over the keeper and into the net.45+2′ Gooooooooal⚽️ Chris Ochieng’Talanta FC 1-3 Gor Mahia FC#SportpesaNaGor #Kogalo #Sirkal pic.twitter.com/9A4tI6sGEF— Gor Mahia FC Ke (@gormahiafcke) December 4, 2024 Zico’s men continued to threaten in the second-half, but were seemingly on the ropes when substitute Eric Otieno failed to connect to a Clinton Machaka cross five minutes after the restart.Talanta found their reprieve five minutes later when Enock Morisson pulled Otieno as he made a run into the box prompting the center referee to point to the spot.Captain Bernard Odhiambo placed his kick over Matthews to make it a one score game but even then, Gor Mahia’s strength in possession never looked vulnerable.Goal – Talanta from the spotFC Talanta 2-3 Gor Mahia #FootballKE I #CSvlogs | #FKFPL pic.twitter.com/H2EroBI0Q8— CSports (@CSportske) December 4, 2024 Substitute Gedeon Bendeka missed a wide open chance, Bryson Wangai was on a tight angle as he made a run on the left, and Austin saw a man get in the way of a shot just outside the box.At the end it didn’t matter how many chances fell flat, as Gor Mahia closed out another win, and many will feel the inevitable is about to happen. Again.
