Nairobi City Stars head coach Nicholas Muyoti was impressed by his team’s performance in the 3-1 win over Gor Mahia in a friendly match staged at the Nyayo National Stadium on Sunday afternoon.Simba wa Nairobi came from a goal down to beat the record league champions courtesy of goals from Peter Opiyo, Vincent Otieno and Newton Ochieng. Lloyd Kavuchi had given Gor a first half lead before Muyoti’s charges rallied back to pick a win with the league kick less than a week away.##NAJAVA_MECA_6805408##With the win, City Stars continued to be a bogey side against top guns in the league. Since they returned to the top tier in 2020, they have managed wins over Sofapaka, Tusker, AFC Leopards, Gor Mahia, Kenya Police, Bandari among other teams.The former Kenyan international was chaffed at his team’s show on Sunday. He however admitted that they did not do well in the opening stanza of the game.“I thank God, I also thank the boys for the good fighting spirit exhibited today, this was a good friendly game coming days before the league starts,” he said.“We were a little poor in the first half but in the second half we stepped up, the subs also made a difference in the game. The confidence is there and we are progressing on well,”.90’ Just startedGor Mahia 1 – 3 Nairobi City Stars#SimbaWaNairobi pic.twitter.com/vvPK8Tq1od— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) November 13, 2022 During the off-season window, City Stars led go of many seasoned names and replaced them with young, untested ones and the tactician is has been left impressed by the new crop that he says is still an unfinished product.“We signed a lot of young players and the Elite Cup helped us understand their abilities and after that we have had good training sessions, played some good friendly matches and the boys have shown improvement. They are not yet there but we will keep pushing them and with more games they will get better and better,” he concluded.Gor Mahia rocked by strange flu ahead of league kick off
