Harambee Stars centre back Joseph Okumu featured for the full length of the game as his KAA Gent side went back to winning ways following a hard fought 2-1 victory against relegation fighting Seraing in a Belgium Premier League match played on Sunday evening at the Ghelamco Arena.It was an encounter that did not take long to get going as the opening goal came as early as the fifth minute and it fell Gent’s way when French international Sambou Sissoko unfortunately converted into his own net to gift the home side the lead.FT 2-1 | Lolo De Verlosser 🙌🏼 #gntser #jpl #ft pic.twitter.com/OVUJ9vTmaS— KAA Gent (@KAAGent) October 23, 2022 A stroke of luck would then falls Seraing’s way just seven minutes to the half time break as the away side were awarded a penalty. 24 year old Chad forward Marius stepped forward and coolly converted to ensure the two sides went into the half time break with parity restored.In the second half, Gent head coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck went for the jugular by introducing three fresh players upon the game’s resumption for the second period in order to try and find something that would take back the UEFA Europa Conference League participants back to winning ways following their midweek defeat against Royale Union but there nothing doing as Seraing resolutely stood firm.##NAJAVA_MECA_6745651##With a quarter of an hour left, the head coach made a fourth change introducing seasoned 33 year old forward Laurent Depoitre in the place of Nurio Fortuna.That substitute proved to be a master stroke as the Belgian international only needed nine minutes to make his presence felt in the game as he found the back of the net to restore Gent’s lead on the game.Olunga on course for third Golden Boot after finishing as Group Stage top scorer in Qatar CupThat goal proved to be the match winner as Gent held onto the slim advantage to seal all the three points that led them back to the path of victory as Seraing succumbed to a second consecutive defeat.Following the result, Okumu’s side jumped upto 5th on the log on 23 points after fourteen matches played.
