Kenya Police failed to reinforce their lead on top of the FKF Premier League after settling for a barren draw with AFC Leopards in Tuesday’s rescheduled match at Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos.The league leaders, who were without new signing Mohammed Bajaber for this key fixture, were forced to defend hard for the point late on, which is now the difference between them and second-placed Tusker having all played 23 matches this season.𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝑰𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒚𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒎, 𝑴𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒐𝒔 AFC Leopards SC 0 Kenya Police FC 0#𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐚 #𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 | #𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐖𝐄 pic.twitter.com/uZtOqAT0xR— AFC Leopards SC (@AFCLeopards) March 4, 2025 Leopards, on the other hand, registered their second consecutive barren draw to remain sixth, a chance to break into the top three and above rivals Gor Mahia gone begging.Ettiene Ndayiragije’s side will be scratching their heads about how they failed to win this game, having created multiple chances to score, before being reduced to calling on their goalkeeper Job Ochieng to save a late Ingwe onslaught.Kenya’s new Corporal Clinton Kinanga thought he had opened the lead for Police inside the first 10 minutes after rebounding a saved shot from close range, only for the offside flag to go up, much to his surprise.12’Clinton Kinanga finds the back of the net, but the offside flag denies him.Leopards breathe a sigh of relief.#PolicingThroughSports— KENYA POLICE FC (@kenyapolicefc) March 4, 2025 Baraka Badi, in one of the big chances of the first half, kissed the foot of a post after clearing AFC left-back Lewis Bandi and cutting inside for a shot just past the half-hour mark.Eric Zakayo got even closer a minute later, this time smacking his swiveling shot straight at keeper Levis Opiyo, who forced the ball out for a corner.Zakayo limped off in the resulting set-piece, paving way for another Police new signing Timothy Oyanda.Muyoti denies reports linking him to Harambee Stars second assistant jobAnd just like Police had raided the den in the first half, Leopards mounted an attack on the Law Enforcers in the second period, kicking off things with a long-range effort from Musa Oundo that flew past Ochieng put crashed the post behind him.Even with their three half-time changes, Kenya Police failed to lay a glove on Leopards, with Kelly Madada almost scoring on the opposite end as the clock winded down,Substitute Ronald Sichenje, with 10 minutes to go, then saw his brilliant freekick from the right tipped over by Ochieng, a draw ultimately being the final result.Full-timeKenya Police FC 0-0 AFC LeopardsThe spoils are shared in Machakos.@betikaKe@748AirServices@police_sacco@DTBduo#FootballKE pic.twitter.com/2JKRDUHPKy— KENYA POLICE FC (@kenyapolicefc) March 4, 2025 “Disappointed because I wanted the win, but we know that Police are a good side and we will have to take the point,” AFC Leopards coach Fred Ambani said post-game.##NAJAVA_MECA_8755726##Ndayiragije meanwhile praised his boys for the effort, but refused to look past the missed chances.”We created so many goal-scoring opportunities and failed to score. Such tight games don’t give us that luxury,” he said.Both sides now look forward to the weekend, where they will take part in the Mozzart Bet Cup Round of 32.
