FC Talanta came from two goals down to salvage a point against Nzoia Sugar as the teams played to a two-all draw at Ruaraka Grounds.Levis Barasa and Kevin Juma scored for Nzoia as Kevintom Manchika and Hasan Muhammud leveled for the hostsTalanta had the advantage over Nzoia coming into this game, having won the reverse fixture 3-2 away.Coming from two goals down, Ken Kenyatta was delighted and thanked his players.”I am thankful. Beating a team twice is not easy. The game was good. From 2-0 down to 2-2 is brilliant from my players and I thank them for that,” Kenyatta said.Peter Gin rued mistakes in the second half for the draw but was still thankful for the point.”Football is a game of mistakes, we made mistakes and we were punished. We were well in the first half but we did not attack enough in the first half. A draw away is not bad though we were coming for the win,”The visitors took the lead early in the first half as Levis Barasa opened the scoring just nine minutes in.The goal gave them the much needed push as they took the game to Talanta and almost doubled their lead three minutes later courtesy of James Kibande.The first half was all Nzoia, with Talanta only being left to hit them on the long balls.The same was reflected 28 minutes in the game qhen Kevin Juma doubled the lead for Nzoia after a goal mouth melee emanating from a corner that Talanta failed to deal with.Kibande would have made it three from a freekick after Boniface Kweyu was brought down outside the area but Kevin Otieno tipped the ball over for a corner.Humphrey Katasi came to the rescue for Nzoia as he produced a fingertip save to deny Talanta.On resumption, Ken Kenyatta made two changes as Enock Momanyi and Maurice Dukuly came on.Talanta had a more improved second half, working to get a goal back as soon as they could and push for the equalizer.It came to be 68 minutes in as Hassan Muhammud powered home a beautiful goal to half the deficit.Talanta could have leveled the scores 75 minutes in through Kevintom Machika but Katasi was once again at his best as he blocked the ball out for a corner to protect his side’s lead.With seven minutes left in regular time, Kevintom Machika unleashed another thunderbolt after a failed clearance to level the scores and think of chasing the winner.Talanta Starting XI: Kevin Otieno, Castro Ogendo, Eric Lusala, Nichodemus Malika, Shela Mandela, Michael Bodo, Francis kahiro, Vincent Owino, Muhammad Hassan, Kevintom Machika, Michael JairoSUBS: James Omusinde, Eugene Ambulwa, Maurice Dukuly, Enock Momanyi, Luis masikaNzoia Sugar Starting XI: Humphrey Katasi©, Moses Mwale, Vincent Mahiga, Ian Karani, Emmanuel Esekon, Kevin Juma, Joseph Mwangi, Bonface Munyendo, Levis Okello, James Kibande, Hassan BejaSubs: Benson Mangala, Kevin Maliachi, Elisha Wekesa, Leonard Kasembeli, Ian Simiyu, Daniel Wafula, Titus Kapchanga, Brian Wekesa, Mohamed Baraza
