FC Talanta assistant coach Jackson Gatheru has disclosed how they managed to record their maiden win over Kenyan giants AFC Leopards.Talanta were yet to taste victory over Ingwe prior to their 4-2 win in a match played on Saturday 18 January 2025 at Dandora Stadium.MOFA head coach reveals two reasons for drawing against Kibera Black StarsAfter going down 1-0 in the 11th minute through a Boniface Munyendo strike, Talanta made a remarkable comeback through Kevin Odongo and Brian Kipruto in the 14th and 19th minute respectively to ensure they headed into the break with a lead.Emmanuel Osoro and Brian Kipruto in the 51st and 59th minute respectively ensured an unassailable gap for Talanta with Victor Otieno’s 93rd minute goal for Ingwe not enough to deny Talanta the three points.##NAJAVA_MECA_8650530##Gatheru denied meeting a weakened AFC Leopards, revealing that the win was courtesy of counter-attacking football and punishing Leopards’ mistakes.“No. They were not weak. We just capitalized on counterplay. They were possessing but again losing balls carelessly and we just punished them for that,” said Gatheru.Why LOC chairman Nicholas Musonye fears 2024 CHAN tournament could collapseThe tactician who has been holding brief for head coach Jackine Juma who is away on international duty added that all they did in the match was play according to instructions“I would say kudos to my boys. They played according to instructions. There is nothing we did differently. We just psyched them up and discussed the importance of winning,” he added.##NAJAVA_MECA_8650523##Further, Gatheru outlined the importance of the win over Leopards that marked their fourth victory of the season and the first in five matches.“The win is a morale booster to my boys. They will now believe that they can win matches which is good for us,” he stated.Gor Mahia winger backs ‘Zico’ to guide K’Ogalo to 22nd league titleTalanta have been facing an exodus of players in January and Gatheru revealed that he already has young players within the team ready to take over.“There are already some young boys in our camp and we want to inject them into the team now.”##NAJAVA_MECA_8650547##Talanta is ranked 15th on the table with 17 points and face bottom-placed Posta Rangers in their next match set for Saturday 25 January 2025.
