Kenyan international Joseph Okumu picked up his second consecutive clean sheet as KAA Gent settled for a barren draw against Standard Liege in the Belgian top tier.The first half of the encounter was drab with little to write home about minus the yellow card flashed to Jacob Laursen for elbowing an opponent while challenging for an aerial ball.Were features as Rayon squander chance to go topUnimpressed by the first half, Gent head coach Hugo Cuypers opted to introduce Malick Fofana in place of Jens Petter Hauge, a minute before the hour mark.Liege responded with a change of their own seven minutes later when Osher Davida was rested and Denis Mihai Dragus given the nod to add more firepower upfront.The game ended with Liege being shown five yellow cards as they resorted to tactical fouls to try and slow down Gent’s attack.##NAJAVA_MECA_6906281##Gent head coach Hugo Cuypers was left frustrated by Leige’s defensive tactics but was also disappointed by his team’s lack of creativity to carve out chances.“It was a very frustrating match today. Only one team came on to win and that was us. At times we should have increased the pace on the ball more to push Standard against the wall with their backs. Matano opens up on reason for Tusker’s impeccable season startWe didn’t create enough cleared chances, but on the other hand we also hit the wood twice and we lacked luck with some rebounds. Standard came here to defend and they succeeded. We knew we were doing a good job in the standings could do, but with this draw we are not making much progress now. We will take the positive things from this match to 2023. A very busy period awaits us soon,” said Cuypers.
