Gor Mahia beat Vihiga Bullets FC 1-3 in a Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) round 11 fixture staged at Kisumu’s Moi Stadium on Sunday. Red hot Benson Omala, who is currently the leading top scorer with nine goals, grabbed a hattrick with two goals coming from the spot. This left a sour taste in the mouth of Vihiga Bullets coach George Owoko, who thought they were easy and undeserving.Yet, K’Ogalo coach Johnathan McKinstry thought otherwise. “One of the things I heard from the opposition’s bench was that, ‘how can you get two penalties?’ Well, the answer is, because there were two fouls,” McKinstry, who has now guided the 19-time Kenyan champions to six wins in nine fixtures this season, told Mozzart Sport. “There seems to be a thing here that there’s almost a quota system, that if you get one penalty, you shouldn’t get another one.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6962675##The first penalty which Omala converted in the 13th minute was as a result of a defender tripping Lloyd Kavuchi in the box, while the second one, scored in the 77th minute, was also due to a similar offense, but on Ugandan Peter Lwasa.”So the answer to why there are penalties is because there are fouls. If you foul people, it’s a free kick or a penalty, it doest matter if you concede ten penalties if you foul people.”McKinstry, who previously handled Uganda Cranes, however, thinks the performance from his charges was one of the poorest this season despite the big win. Engin Firat lines up three friendly matches for Harambee Stars”I was quite disappointed and unhappy at half time. That might be a result of us playing a lot of football lately and the fact that we have a thin squad. So sometimes it’s hard to maintain a high level in all games.”He also pointed out that playing on an artificial surface for the first time this season might have also led to the poor performance.
