AFC Leopards' Salim Abdala (L) with Said Tsuma of Thika United during their KPL match at Thika Stadium on Wednesday, Sept 20, 2017. Leopards won 2-0. [PHOTO/standardmedia.co.ke]
AFC Leopards coach Robert Matano is satisfied that his side will secure a top eight finish in the Kenyan Premier League at the end of the season.
Their 2-0 convincing victory over relegation candidates Thika United last Wednesday left the KPL giants at 31 points with Nakumatt and Chemelil Sugar with only six points off the top eight slots.
With nine matches remaining to the close of the season, coach Matano has reiterated the importance of a push for top eight.
“We always play to win and I am happy the boys have bounced back. We encounter different challenges in every game, but we have always try our best to manage them. Actually, I feel nothing to have moved three or four places up because a club of AFC Leopards status deserves to be in the top half of the table. I don’t see anything special in that," he said as quoted by The Standard Sports.
“We are just moving up but very slowly, we should move fast. We have lost some few matches very easily, so we must work hard and remain consistent. We are lacking consistency. We will continue fighting and working hard. We cannot relax before the league ends, so nobody is going to relax here,” insisted Matano.
“I said earlier we will finish among the top eight, nothing has changed. The league has not ended, I don’t want to talk about what I know. Right now we are number eleven, but I can assure you by the time the season ends, we will be somewhere.”