{"id":416721,"date":"2011-05-03T23:35:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T23:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/03\/kenya-tusker-stay-top-as-kcb-within-sight-of-leaders\/"},"modified":"2011-05-03T23:35:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T23:35:07","slug":"kenya-tusker-stay-top-as-kcb-within-sight-of-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/kenya-tusker-stay-top-as-kcb-within-sight-of-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Tusker Stay Top As Kcb Within Sight of Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"55.1873935264\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/nation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sammy Kitula<\/p>\n<p>3 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 Tusker stay top of the Kenyan Premier League table with charging Kenya Commercial Bank just three points adrift of the leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers FC are third, and are playing some brilliant football, while Sony Sugar seem to regained some form.<\/p>\n<p>The AFC Leopards versus Bandari match didn&#8217;t disappoint as coach Nick Yakhama returned to the club with victory.<\/p>\n<p>Premier League fans last weekend witnessed five draws and two wins but there was plenty of interesting moments. One such moment was Gor Mahia&#8217;s epic moment when they rallied from 2-1 down against Congo United to claim a 2-2 draw at the Mbaraki Sports Club.<\/p>\n<p>And while Zedekiah Otieno&#8217;s critics are silenced for now, &#8220;Zico&#8221; continues to prove his critics wrong. With the draw, Gor stay seven points adrift the brewers in the seventh position with same points as Ulinzi and Leopards (15 points).<\/p>\n<p>Leopards and Sony Sugar bagged maximum points, with the former gifting their &#8220;new&#8221; coach, Nick Yakhama with a memorable display against Bandari.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Title contenders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was also a frustrating day for Congo after seeing their lead slip away to draw tih Gor. While no one really expects the title to have been decided by next month, a few participants usually emerge with a hand raised high by then.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s by default or precedence, Tusker FC, KCB and Rangers FC are, at the moment, the title contenders.<\/p>\n<p>If Ulinzi were somehow able to win this season&#8217;s title based on current form, they&#8217;d surely go down as not bad Champions, but boring ones.<\/p>\n<p>Lacklustre in all areas of the pitch except the back-line, the soldiers were made to chase the ball most afternoon on Monday in their 1-1 draw against an agile Rangers outfit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secured point<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are having more than eight players out with injuries. This has affected our style of play, but we are still soldiering on,&#8221; said Ulinzi&#8217;s coach Benjamin Nyangweso.<\/p>\n<p>For Top Eight tournament semifinalists Western Stima, it&#8217;s a much different storyline as they fell 0-1 away to Sony Sugar on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>While Sofapaka&#8217;s form has been a disappointment (they have 11 points from eight outings), the in form KCB have been a breath of fresh Premier League air for football fans to inhale this season.<\/p>\n<p>Currently second, Leonard Saleh&#8217;s high-flying bankers secured a point against Sofapaka in their 0-0 draw.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105031148.html\" title=\"Kenya: Tusker Stay Top As Kcb Within Sight of Leaders\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenya: Tusker Stay Top As Kcb Within Sight of Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Sammy Kitula 3 May 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Tusker stay top of the Kenyan Premier League table with charging Kenya Commercial Bank just three points adrift of the leaders. 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The AFC Leopards versus Bandari match didn&#8217;t disappoint as coach Nick Yakhama returned to the club with victory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya: Tusker Stay Top As Kcb Within Sight of Leaders - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/kenya-tusker-stay-top-as-kcb-within-sight-of-leaders\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kenya: Tusker Stay Top As Kcb Within Sight of Leaders - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sammy Kitula 3 May 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Tusker stay top of the Kenyan Premier League table with charging Kenya Commercial Bank just three points adrift of the leaders. 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