Harambee Stars defenders Eric ‘Marcelo’ Ouma and Joseph Okumu kept clean sheets as their teams won in their respective leagues in Sweden and Belgium as Anthony Akumu featured full minutes in a rare start for Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa.Ouma’s AIK beat Norrkoping by a solitary goal as KAA Gent put three goals past KRC Genk without a reply, with Akumu’s chiefs beating Supersport United 2-1.Following the win, AIK sit joint top with Djugarden on 47 points but the former has a superior goal difference.This was the 23rd appearance for the former Gor Mahia defender in AIK’s colors this season, it was Okumu’s tenth in the league having featured full minutes in 8 of those and two off the bench.While Ouma was in his favorite left-back position, Okumu slotted on the extreme left of a back three and managed to inspire his side to a consecutive clean sheet after their exploits in Serbia in midweek during the UEFA Europa Conference League.A goal in the 24th minute courtesy of Nicolás Marcelo Stefanelli was all AIK needed as KAA Gent netted thrice, once towards the end of the first half and twice in the second.Matisse Samoise opened the scoring for Gent with two minutes left to play in the first half, with Roman Bezus doubling the lead on the hour mark from the spot as Tarik Tissoudali made sure to bury the tie with a third with 11 minutes left to play.Anthony Akumu made a rare start and played full minutes, his first this season, as Kaizer Chiefs beat Supersport United 2-1 to record their first back-to-back win in the league this season.Before this match, the Kenyan International had featured four times from the bench for the Stuart Baxter side, against Chippa United, Royal AM, TS Galaxy, and Baroka.Bernard Parker scored both goals for Chiefs, and in both goals was set up by Keagan Dolly in stoppage time of the first half and just four minutes after resumption in the second half, with Njabulo Ngcobo scoring an own goal to gift the host a consolation.The win saw Chiefs move to fifth on the log with 12 points, seven off the leaders Mamelodi Sundowns.
