Nineteen year old Omar Mohammed made a strong statement of intent on Tuesday evening as he scored a crucial goal to salvage a point for his Nairobi City Stars side in a 1-1 draw against Kenya Police during their opening fixture in Elite pre-season Pool B tournament played at Kasarani Annex.Around the 64th minute, the highly rated youngster, who secured a trial with three-time Danish champions FC Midtjylland back in August 2021, capitalized on a goalkeeping blunder by Job Ochieng to punish the law enforcers as the two sides shared the spoils.FULL TIME Police FC 1 – Nairobi City Stars 1⚽️Kahata , ⚽️Omar #ElitePreSeasonCup #SimbaWaNairobi pic.twitter.com/GyEjTKERTK— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) September 20, 2022 The former Mathare United custodian had gotten off his line to try and deal with a cross floated in the area but his tame clearance landed straight on Mohammed’s feet, the Star field academy graduate keeping his composure before slotting in the bottom corner for the point saving goal.”We had some new faces in the team and I must admit they played really well in the game. The process of gelling is still going on and I hope we will get even better in the next match,” City Stars head coach Nicholas Muyoti said.79’GOAAAAAALLLOmar Mohammed @MBajaber31 taps it in making us level Police FC 1 – Nairobi City Stars 1#ElitePreSeasonCup#SimbaWaNairobi pic.twitter.com/4ZsUbMWgdH— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) September 20, 2022 Kenya Police on the other hand were left to rue chances not taken and leaving it late in the game before they started pushing for the equalizer.Just before the half time break, Harambee Stars talented midfielder Francis Kahata had given the law enforcers the lead as he sneaked between City Stars towering defenders to power a header past Jacob Osano in goal.Kariobangi Sharks and Sofapaka settle for draw in Elite Cup openerDespite the draw head coach Sammy ‘Pamzo’ Omollo was left happy with the performance his side put in the match.”It would have been a bonus if we got all three points but I am not concerned so much about that. This squad I used today is how I will be playing and I think they put in a good shift. Our goalkeeper should have done better with their goal but we move on,” he said.Elite Pre-season Cup FT ResultsSofapaka 0-0 Kariobangi SharksKenya Police 1-1 Nairobi City Stars#ElitePreSeasonCup— Murimi Njiru (@muriminjirujnr) September 20, 2022 In the last ten minutes of the game, Police drove fowards in search of what would be a potential winner but wasteful finishing combined with City Stars hearty defense rescued a point.City Stars will next take on MCF on Thuesday as Police battle Ulinzi Stars on the same day.Starting XINairobi City Stars1. Steve Njunge 2. Masawa Calvins 3. Dennis Wanjala 4. Timothy Oduor 5. Elly Osotsi 6. Clifford Otieno 7. Kelvin Etemesi 8. Peter Opiyo 9. Kapeni Samuel 10.Newton Ochieng 11. Omar MohammedKenya Police1. Jacob Ochieng 2. Baraka Badi 3. David Owino 4. Harun Shakava 5. Musa Mohammed 6. Marvin Nabwire 7. David Okoth 8. Patillah Omotto 9.David Simiyu 10. Francis Kahata 11. Duke Abuya
