Gor Mahia head coach Sinisa Mihic has apologized for his spat with referee Brooke Phillip but has raised his suspicion against Kenyan match officials, following a trend against his team in the FKF Premier League.Mihic was on Monday morning the recipient of a red card in the second half of K’Ogalo’s rescheduled match against KCB at Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos.Mkufunzi wa @gormahiafcke sinisa mihic akipewa kadi nyekundu uwanjani machakos wakicheza dhidi ya @KCBFootball mapema leo @Officialfkfpl @iamalisalim #FootballKE #fkfpremierleague #AzamTvBurudaniKwaWote pic.twitter.com/cKrOfoSOrU— AzamTV Kenya (@AzamTVKenya) April 7, 2025 The Croat, seemingly contesting an on-field decision from the center referee, was given his marching orders from the touchline in the 49th minute, watching the entire contest from the stands.Having initially looked infuriated by the match official – including hurling a water bottle on the touchline – Mihic said in a post-match interview that he should have behaved better, even offering a word of apology to the referee.“Sorry to the referee,” he said. “Yeah, it’s not good from my side. I apologize.”Austine Odhiambo the hero as Gor Mahia floor KCB to move three points within reach of PoliceThe 48-year-old could, however, not hide his frustrations with how the game was called.“We have eyes, we are not stupid,” Mihic said after Gor Mahia’s 1-0 win. “Many, many …and it’s not just this game… wrong decisions. Unbelievable.“I don’t know who controls the referees, but he should see the game. He cannot be from 30 total fouls, giving 25 for another team. How is that possible? We are not a team that commits fouls, we are a team that mostly plays football. They made a lot of fouls, but no yellow card for them. I don’t know.”##NAJAVA_MECA_8831572##Mihic went on to decry a trend in the Kenyan game, which has caught his eyes since taking over at Gor Mahia in early February.“About this extra time, I have noticed already, doesn’t matter the result, but they never add us eight minutes,” he said. “I’ve seen some teams in the league have eight, ten minutes if the result is 0-0.“So I start to be very suspicious now. I don’t believe no one because I read a lot of things. I don’t believe any referee anymore because I’ve been here for two months and seen what happens.””I’m not angry anymore”: Gor Mahia coach buries hatchet with technical bench after disagreementStanding at the risk of questioning the integrity of Kenyan match officials, Mihic added: “I don’t want to say something hard, but this is not fair play. We are sports people.We react because we see there is something wrong, so they need to support us as a team, support the game, and support the players. You cannot after every game be against Gor Mahia,” he concluded.Meanwhile, the club has confirmed that defender Kennedy Onyango sustained a complete fracture of his tibia and fibula bones following a first-half collision with goalkeeper Gad Matthews.
