Doma United Secure 2-0 Win Against Katsina United To Reclaim Top Spot

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January 6, 2024

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Doma United Secure 2-0 Win Against Katsina United To Reclaim Top Spot—-Doma United Football Club of Gombe State on Saturday returned to the top of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) log after beating Katsina United 2-0.

The Match Day 17 of the 2023/2024 season of the NPFL was played at the Pantami Township Stadium, Gombe.

With the win, Doma United now have 31 points and are ahead of Remo Stars and Lobi Stars who both have 29 points each with a game in hand.

Two first-half goals from Bidemi Owoku and Samuel Enefiok in the 2nd minute and 8th minute of the game, respectively, gave the hosts their 9th win of the season.

Speaking with journalists shortly after the match, Doma United’s head coach, Akinade Onigbinde, commended his players for “killing the game in the first half.”

Onigbinde described the victory as vital in view of their target to keep picking maximum points at home while picking at least a point away.

According to him, the win has encouraged them to work harder so as to remain in the top three positions by the end of February.

“It (the win) is a great one. We feel like continuing harder to get results and if the results keep coming, we are going to remain on top of the table.

“Our plan is to remain among the first three by February ending and if we can make that way, it would be okay for us.

“Football is all about result. It is not about how good the game was, if you play and win, that is the most important thing in football,” he said.

On how he snatched maximum points, he said he instructed his boys to take their chances and win the game in the first half.

“You observed the opponent played harder in the second.

“I talked to the boys from the beginning of the game, get your goals and feel relaxed. We killed the game from the first half,” he said.
The head coach of Katsina United, Bala Abubakar, turned down a request for interview when approached by journalists.

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Chelsea Starboy Cole Palmer Emerged As PL Player Of The Month Of September

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October 11, 2024

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Chelsea Starboy Cole Palmer Emerged As PL Player Of The Month Of September—-Cole Palmer has been voted the EA SPORTS Player of the Month for September 2024.

Palmer led the Premier League for both goals and goal involvements last month. In four appearances he scored five times and got an assist.

Incredibly, four of his goals came in one devastating 21-minute period against Brighton & Hove Albion, as he became the first player in Premier League history to score four times in the first half of a Premier League match.

In addition to that incredible display against Brighton, Palmer also produced an assist in a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace and a goal in a 3-0 win at West Ham United.

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Palmer wins the EA SPORTS Player of the Month award for a second time, with his first coming in April 2024. It means he has won two of the last three available awards.

The 22-year-old topped an eight-man shortlist after the public’s votes on the EA SPORTS website were combined with those of a panel of football experts.

Palmer, who has already started October with an assist in a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest, will look to add to his league-leading tally of 11 goal involvements this season when Chelsea return to Premier League action against Liverpool on Sunday 20 October

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Chelsea Gaffer Enzo Maresca Emerged As PL Manager Of The Month Of September

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Chelsea Gaffer Enzo Maresca Emerged As PL Manager Of The Month Of September—-Enzo Maresca has been named as September 2024’s Barclays Manager of the Month.

Maresca wins the award in only his second month as a Premier League head coach after leading Chelsea through the month unbeaten, winning three matches and drawing the other.

After a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace, Maresca’s team got back-to-back away wins against AFC Bournemouth and West Ham United, before finishing the month with a 4-2 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.

Chelsea scored a competition-high nine goals across the month. Maresca says the team’s form is credit to everyone at the club and not just him.

“We had a very good month,” he said. “We all need people around us to make things better. I’m very grateful to have all of them [his staff].

“We are always looking at new things and how we can improve from different football and different countries.”

Maresca becomes the first Chelsea head coach to win the award since Thomas Tuchel, who claimed it in October 2021.

The 44-year-old topped a five-man shortlist that included Mikel Arteta, Unai Emery, Marco Silva and Arne Slot, claiming the award after votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of experts.

It also makes it a September awards double for Chelsea, after Cole Palmer was voted the EA SPORTS Player of the Month.

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