AFC Leopards head coach Fred Ambani has revealed the reason behind the team’s heavy defeat to FC Talanta.Leopards hosted Talanta in an FKF Premier League match on Saturday 18 January at Dandora Stadium and were handed a humiliating 4-2 thumping by the relegation-threatened side.AFC Leopards suffer first ever loss to FC Talanta who end 3-game losing streakIngwe took the lead in the 11th minute through Boniface Munyendo but Kevin Odongo restored parity after just three minutes. Brian Kipruto then gave Talanta the lead in the 19th minute, a lead they took to half time.Emmanuel Osoro then scored a controversial goal for Talanta in the 51st minute, capitalizing on a Humphrey Katasi howler before Kipruto scored his second of the game and Talanta’s fourth in the 59th minute. Michael Otieno added a second for Leopards with what was the last move of the game.##NAJAVA_MECA_8640780##Ambani attributed the team’s loss to the negative off-pitch issues that engulfed the team prior to the match.“We had a happy camp and we had a good run but when other things come in and started affecting our preparations, it is not good,” he told Azam TV. “We lost this match but I know it is because of other things that I do not want to talk about because it is disappointing. Now, we have to go back and start preparing again for the next match.”Trouble began in Leopards’ den in December 2024 when the players headed for the festive break without their salaries.AFC Leopards players stage boycott a day to FC Talanta clashFortunes did not change at the start of the year and things got worse when the remuneration was not forthcoming when the schools term got underway early January.On Thursday 16 January, the players reported for training but refused to train until all their dues were paid. The management succeeded in convincing the players to return for training on Friday 17 January ahead of the match.The hullabaloo in the club seems to have gotten the better of the playing unit as they looked off-colour as Talanta were running riot on them.
