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Enyimba International FC on Sunday defeated Kwara United FC 3-1 in their Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) match-day 17 encounter, at the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria.
In the 25th minute, Samuel Agu netting the first goal for the Peoples Elephant. However, the match appeared to be living up to the expectations when Gidado Toyeeb equalised for the visitors in the 31st minute, as the first half ended 1-1.
Enyimba’s Micheal Chidera then put his side in front in the 57th minute to make the scores 2-1, before netting his second goal to make it 3-1 after an error by Kwara United goalkeeper, Nurudeen Badmus and his defender.
Speaking during a post-match interview, Enyimba Coach Lawrence Ukaegbu said the game went as expected.
“Though errors are part of the game of football and the goalkeeper did not just commit the errors, we forced him to do that because of the pressure we mounted on them,” Ukaegbu said.
“We are expecting Nine points from the remaining three matches of the first stanza and we will continue to create chances for goals, so, our next match will not be an exception.”
Ukaegbu said his team would adopt a different approach in their next match against El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri in their match-day 18 encounter.
With the result, Enyimba now occupy the 8th position on the league table with 23 points, while Kwara United dropped to 12th place with 21 points after 17 matches.
Sunday’s NPFL results
Barau FC 0-1 Shooting Stars
Bayelsa United 2-1 Remo Stars
Enyimba FC 3-1 Kwara United
Kun Khalifat FC 0-1 Abia Warriors
Niger Tornadoes 3-0 El Kanemi Warriors
Plateau United 0-0 Nasarawa United
Warri Wolves 0-0 Kano Pillars.
