Nasarawa United coach, Kabiru Dogo has lamented his side loss of numerous chances after a 2-1 defeat to Enyimba in the NPFL on Wednesday, Sports247 reports.
Enyimba made use of their chances to defeat Nasarawa United by 2-1 in a rescheduled matchday 17 game in the 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League Season at the Enyimba International Stadium.
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The defeat left a devastating blow on the visitors bid to escape relegation as the team is rooted at the bottom of the log.
The coach, Kabiru Dogo attributed the defeat to the failure of his side to take their chances.
Speaking after the thrilling encounter which has four Super Eagles B players in action, Kabiru Dogo described the loss as devastating.
” We are devastated by the loss” Dogo told the press after the match. We created a series of opportunities to win the game, but unfortunately, we couldn’t capitalize on them,” Dogo lamented after the match.
Looking forward, the soft speaking coach said his team will rejig in the second stanza, address the challenges and bounce back big in the remaining 19 matches of the league.
“We are looking forward to rejigging the team during the mid-season break to address our challenges, particularly in the finishing area, as we enter the last and tough stanza of the league campaign.”
The match saw Anas Yusuf scoring his 11th goal of the season to lead the scorers chart, it wasn’t enough for Nasarawa United to pick the three points at stake as Joseph Atule’s and Brown Ideye scored for Enyimba to condemn the miners to another defeat on the road.
Atule scored the first goal and set up Brown Ideye for the second just four minutes after the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations’ Winner with the Super Eagles of Nigeria made it to the pitch.
However, Anas Yusuf missed a sitter to level the scores in the dying minutes of the game.
The loss leaves the Solid Miners in 20th position with nineteen points from nineteen games, while Enyimba moves up to 7th position with twenty-seven points from seventeen games.
The league is currently o mid season break , while Enyimba are using the window to play their rescheduled matches occasioned by their involvement in the CAF Confederation Cup
