{"id":71600,"date":"2023-05-29T14:11:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T14:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/29\/legon-cities-players-praised-after-dragging-hearts-of-oak\/"},"modified":"2023-05-29T14:11:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T14:11:35","slug":"legon-cities-players-praised-after-dragging-hearts-of-oak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/29\/legon-cities-players-praised-after-dragging-hearts-of-oak\/","title":{"rendered":"Legon Cities players praised after dragging Hearts of Oak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"452\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-29-103936-696x452.png\"   alt=\"Legon Cities players celebrate\" title=\"Legon Cities players celebrate\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Legon Cities players celebrate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Legon Cities coach, Maxwell Konadu, has applauded his team after their 1-0 victory over Hearts of Oak on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the game, The Royals were fighting to keep their Premier League status alive.<\/p>\n<p>Legon Cities hosted the Phobians at the El-Wak Stadium in the matchday 32 games.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Kofi Kordzi\u2019s drive in stoppage time of the first half ensured that The Royals returned to winning ways following their defeat to Bechem United last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Konadu\u2019s side showed more desire and were resilient as they held on to that solitary goal to secure all three points, and he was full of praise for his team at full time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe boys went out there and did as we planned so I say congratulations to the boys,\u201d he told StarTimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey gave it their all and we are so happy for the three points,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts\u00a0have\u00a0now lost back-to-back games in the Ghana Premier League, ending any hopes of a top-four finish.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, with two games to go, the Phobians could be battling relegation as they are just five points above the drop zone.<\/p>\n<p>David Ocloo\u2019s boys face Real Tamale United and Berekum Chelsea in their last two games of the league season.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Legon Cities are in 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0position on the league standings with 43 points and they are away to King Faisal in the matchday 33 games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"NwDF4aXC2zk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kasiebo Tau At 9:55AM on Adom TV (29-05-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NwDF4aXC2zk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legon Cities players celebrate Legon Cities coach, Maxwell Konadu, has applauded his team after their 1-0 victory over Hearts of Oak on Sunday. 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