Plateau United TA, Mbwas Mangut, has decried the inability of his boys to take the maximum points at home against visiting Kwara Utd in the NPFL week 32 encounter at the New Jos Stadium, a feat that would have taken up the pressure from the team.
Coach Mbwas said this while reacting to questions at a post-match conference after the match. He stated that they need to be patient to get the goals as the team lacked presence in the attack as they were so slow in their approach to the game.
‘we need to be patient because you don’t expect a cracked defence to give in and the patience when you split the balls from flanks, you need to add speed and some creativity which today we lacked presence in the attack, we became so slow thus giving our opponents chance to regroup. If our players were fast, there would have been surprises. We tried our best but the chances were few’.
Coach Mbwas further said a win would have taken the pressure off the team but they’ll keep fighting on to stabilise not relying on the two home games coming but get the games won and played with ease in subsequent matches.On the seven matches unbeaten, he attributed it to self-motivation.
He further thanked the fans for staying by the team all these while as he urged them to keep supporting as the team aims to keep giving its best.
On his own, Kwara Utd Coach, Tunde Sanni, commended his players for containing Plateau utd attacks despite not having clear chances like his team.That it was only Plateau utd that gave them a run for their money in Ilorin, so it was nice doingsame for them here in Jos.
It would be recalled that the match ended goalless after former Plateau utd goalkeeper Suraj Ayeleso in goal for Kwara denied them many goal scoring chances.
Other NPFL match day 32 scores are:
*Lobi 1 Vs 1 Sunshine
*Bendel 0 Vs 0 Rangers
*Tonadoes 2 Vs 0 El-Kanemi
*Plateau 0 Vs 0 Kwara
*Enyimba 2 Vs 1 Abia
*River 1 Vs 0 Remo
*Nasarawa 2 Vs 0 Akwa
*Katsina 1 Vs 1 Bayelsa
*Heartland 2 Vs 0 Pillars
*3SC 0 Vs 0 Ikorodu
Credit: Nathaniel Mobolade, jos.
