After a 3-0 defeat to Rivers United at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt on Sunday afternoon, Kwara United head coach has revealed that his side lost to one of the best club in Nigeria.
The Pride of Rivers continued their impressive start to the NPFL 2020/21 campaign with the big win, hammering the Afonja Warriors to climb top of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).
Two goals in the first-half by Ifeanyi Anaemena and Godwin Aguda and one by Chika Godwin late in the second-half helped the Pride of Rivers to victory that has seen then move to the top of the NPFL table.
Big win for @RiversUnitedFC
3⃣ wins in 3⃣ for Stanley Eguma and his men#RIVKWA #NPFL21 pic.twitter.com/Lh97zrgcFd
— League Management NG (@LMCNPFL) January 10, 2021
Coach Abdullahi Biffo during his press conference noted that his players will have to learn from the defeat.
“If you don’t play very well, you cannot get a draw not to talk of the win. I think we came here with the high hopes of winning the game but you can see that we played a very credible team, a strong team. A team that have been on the continent,” he said.
He added;
“As you can see out of 4 matches played, they won three and lost one and in the league, they just won three. To tell you, we have not lost to just a team. We lost to one of the best club in the country.”
Coach Abdullahi Biffo further stressed that;
“It’s a big lesson for us. Winning the first match does not make us special so I think the boys will now know that we have to take every game seriously.”
Matchday 3️⃣ results#NPFL21 pic.twitter.com/P67rAHGbF4
— League Management NG (@LMCNPFL) January 10, 2021
While the Rivers United Coach – Stanley Eguma was full of praises for his players.
He said;
“I commend my players, I thank God almighty too for a very good game and a victory in this game. I think we prepared well for this game because Kwara United having won their first game again Plateau United, they came with a lot of optimism, a lot of confidence so we didn’t relent. We had to work very hard so that we won’t be taken unawares.”
He added;
“Today I thank my players for leaving up to expectation by scoring three goals. I think the league is still at its early stage. It is not yet time for celebration. We keep working very hard because we know that there are so many other teams that are very strong in the league. We will take them one after the other until we get to the promise land.”