Alagic bitter after falling to Leopards

A visibly agitated Nairobi City Stars coach Sanjin Alagic tore into his players for failing to capitalise on their numerical advantage and put the results beyond the reach of AFC Leopards.

The league returnees were heartbroken by Hansel Ochieng's last-ditch header which saw them fall 1-0 to the 1998 champions in a Football Kenya Federation Premier League(FKFPL) match played on Saturday at the Kasarani Annex.

City Stars wasted the opportunity to cage Ingwe after skipper Robinson Kamura was sent off for a last-man challenge on Oliver Maloba just five minutes after the restart. 

Having failed to put the ball past Benjamin Ochan, Simba wa Nairobi were punished by Ochieng who headed Lewis Bandi's cross to collect their third successive win under Patrick Aussems.

Alagic who had guided City Stars to three wins in a row before the game slammed the team for failing to breach the Leopards rear which was earlier thought would be rendered porous after Kamura's dismissal. 

The Bosnian took a swipe at his attacking front for their lack of creativity in the final third and wasting clear cut chances.

"I am disappointed after conceding right at the death in a match which we would have won. We dominated and had an extra player on the pitch for almost forty minutes but we couldn't make the right decisions in the final third," he said

With Tusker lying in waiting, Alagic welcomed the one week break to the match noting that it will mitigate the effects brought by fatigue.

"We have played two matches in the last eight days and the players are somehow tired. We had a few of them pick knocks in the game and we will assess them first before preparing for Tusker," he added 

Tusker head coach Robert Matano was among the few allowed fans to watched the match from the stands.