Asante Kotoko will look to consolidate their lead at the top of the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League.
The record Ghana Premier League holders host premier league new boys, Accra Lions at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday, February 13.
Asante Kotoko are in the form of their lives as they lead the 2021/22 premier league table. The Porcupine Warriors have 33 points seated atop of the league log but were pegged back by Elmina Sharks in week 16 at the Nduom Stadium on Monday.
Head coach of the side, Prosper Narteh Ogum happy with the performance of the players but lambasted the poor officiating.
“We played better but we just couldn’t win, that’s it. “Not that they mapped up a strategy to prevent us from playing, as I said we played well, we were the better side, we created some few decent chances which we could have scored especially when we scored the first goal.
“So in all I think we played well, I’m happy with their performance especially when we went down by a man but then we kept our shape.
“If you look at the changes that we did, it didn’t show that we were a man down, it was like we were even numbers 11 aside.
“So to me I’m impressed, we had a chance we could have come back through the penalty, we missed.
Reacting to the call for the penalty awarded Elmina Sharks to be retaken, Prosper Narteh had his reservations about referee Abdulai Ibrahim’s decision.
“I didn’t see Danlad [Ibrahim] move off his line but the assistant said he moved off his line so they went to register their complain.
“And as players when such things happen, they come to register their complain, it’s you the referee who should be able to manage the game.
“But typical of Ghanaian referees, they are interested in threatening players, intimidating players and telling them that they will send them out of the field of play.
“So I don’t know what happened there but to me from where I stood, in the technical area, I didn’t see Danlad move off his line.” Prosper Narteh Ogum told StarTimes.
Asante Kotoko have four points better than second place Bechem United. Accra Lions have also not done badly this season having seen a renaissance in the last few games.
