Gor Mahia midfielder Austin Odhiambo etched his name into the club’s folklore after scoring the leveler and the decisive penalty against AFC Leopards and explained his reason for celebrating against his former side.The midfielder bagged the equalizer for K’Ogalo in the second half after Collins Shivachi had handed Ingwe the lead as Austin went on to celebrate the goal despite previously turning out for AFC Leopards.AFC Leopards coach, Aussems departs the countryAustin revealed that he was carried away by emotions after netting the equalizer and admitted that the goal was a gift from Ingwe custodian Levis Opiyo.“I found myself happy after scoring that goal and that is why I celebrated, it is not bad to celebrate when you are happy. I can’t cry after scoring a goal and you have to be happy when you score.The keeper gave a cheap goal, if you look at the overall game we just failed to take our chances,” added Austin.Opiyo had his pockets picked by Sando Yangayay who laid the ball off to Austin to fire it home and had held his nerve to score the winning penalty for Gor Mahia in the Madaraka Day Cup.Austin also thanked the K’Ogalo faithful who turned out in drove to rally behind the team as he reiterated that Gor Mahia wasted numerous chances in the game.Levis Opiyo explains howler against Gor Mahia“The game was a good one. I would like to give the fans a special shout out for coming in huge numbers to support us, I would like to urge them to continue coming for our games and we will not let them down.We wasted a number of chances that we had, they had one chance and used it, it’s not that AFC Leopards can beat us, it’s just that we did not utilize the chances we had. The most important thing was that we won,” said Austin.
