{"id":409588,"date":"2017-08-05T20:14:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T20:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/05\/michael-essien-scores-for-persib-bandung-in-heavy-win-over-ps-tni\/"},"modified":"2017-08-05T20:14:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T20:14:33","slug":"michael-essien-scores-for-persib-bandung-in-heavy-win-over-ps-tni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/05\/michael-essien-scores-for-persib-bandung-in-heavy-win-over-ps-tni\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien scores for Persib Bandung in heavy win over PS TNI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday,  5 August 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-08-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/44348603.295.jpg\" alt=\"Essien Gr\" title=\"Essien Gr\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Michael Essien<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1501964073_612_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Veteran Ghana midfielder Michael Essien registered a goal for Persib Bandung as they defeated PS TNI in the Indonesian top flight league on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Persib, who have failed to win any of their last four games, opened the scoring in the 16th minute through Dutch-born Indonesian international Raphael Maitimo.<\/p>\n<p>Essien doubled the host advantage just six minutes later with a brilliant finish.<\/p>\n<p>Maitimo scored his second of the afternoon in the 64th minute. With the three points looking like a possibility, Essien was replaced with five minutes left on the clock by Shohei Matsunaga.<\/p>\n<p>Sasan Faouzi Husaeni pulled one back for PS TNI in the 90th minute but it was too late as Persib run away 3-1 victors.<\/p>\n<p>Persib moves to 14th on the log with 24 points after 18 games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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