Incoming Nairobi City Stars head coach Salim Babu watched from the stands as the club frustrated Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) title hopefuls KCB to a 1-1 draw at Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos.Babu is set to formally take over at City Stars in the week after agreeing terms with the management.The soft-spoken tactician was in the company of Patrick Gitagia, whom he worked with at Kenya Police FC.The Bankers needed nothing short of maximum points to scale to the summit pending the outcome of the match pitting Tusker against record champions, Gor Mahia.However, the Patrick Odhiambo-coached side had to labour hard, coming from a goal down to salvage the point.Centre-back Francis Oduor turned the ball into his net in the fifth minute of the net to the benefit of Nairobi City Stars.Oduor had attempted to clear but did not make clean contact with the headed ball by Kelvin Etemesi.##NAJAVA_MECA_8641751##The KCB backline will have themselves to blame for failing to deal with the cross whipped in Gilbert Abala as Etemesi beat Faruk Shikalo to the first ball before Oduor guided the second one to the net.KCB replied in the 22nd minute through Philemon Nyakwaka, who tapped in from close for his first goal of the season.Nyakwaka connected a cutback from Kelvin Okumu, beating the fully-stretching Edwin Mukolwe to draw KCB level.Lack of cutting edge in the final third was there for all to see as both teams created clear-cut chances, but could not get the ball past the line and take home the three points.Talanta forward apologizes for scoring with his backside against AFC LeopardsA similar result was witnessed at the Mbaraki Stadium where Bandari were forced to come from a goal down to hold Shabana.The visitors took the lead just seconds into the game through Brian Michira, who drove a low shot a few yards off the box.Former AFC Leopards defender Robinson Kamura parts ways with Tanzanian sideMichira, spotted Bandari goalkeeper James Omusinde’s poor positioning before unleashing the shot that earned him his eighth goal of the season.Bandari levelled matters in the 73rd minute through Joseph Otieno.The youngster poked home the ball from a neat exchange between him and Siraj Mohamed to earn his side a point.
