Kenyan international Joseph Okumu was unfortunate to see his Sunday evening end in disappointment as he was forced off at halftime after picking an injury in the lead up to his KAA Gent side losing 2-0 against Scott Parker’s Club Brugge in the Belgium top flight league.Initially entrusted with a starting berth after missing the team’s last two matches, the astute centre back failed to see out the game after picking up the injury in the first off, forcing head coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck to bring on Cameroonian international Brian Agbor in his stead.#8K wint de 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐠 𝐨𝐦 𝐕𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧. 🤩 We Are Bruges! 💙🖤 #CluGnt pic.twitter.com/YZl7qQTSQ3— Club Brugge KV (@ClubBrugge) February 26, 2023 In the first half where he featured, Okumu came close to scoring a screamer of a goal from the half way line when he spotted former Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet off his line. His goal bound effort was however just saved in a last ditch effort by the retreating custodian.After his exit, Brugge finally got the fruits of their sustained pressure in the 72nd minute when Bjorn Meijer found the back of the net after being put through by Clinton Mata as the two combined to gift their team the lead.##NAJAVA_MECA_7049235##Deep in stoppage time, the home side were awarded a penalty and 30 year old Belgian Hans Vanaken stepped up to seal the three points as Bruggge returned to winning ways for the first time in four games across all competitions.The result therefore meant that the team cemented their place in fourth place on the log as Gent stayed in 5th spot on 42 points.
