Chunga continues with good run at Gunners

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BY ALBERT MARUFU AND JERMAIN HANGAZHAGunners ... (1) 2Zimbabwe Saints...(1) 1Monomotapa...(1) 2Shooting Stars....(1) 2

GUNNERS coach Moses Chunga continued with his winning streak after his charges came from behind to beat Zimbabwe Saints in a Castle Lager premiership match at Lafarge yesterday.

Striker Evans Rusike’s powerful strike from the edge of the box in the fifth minute had given Chunga’s boys an early scare but Leonard Fiyado equalised in the 28th minute with Michelle Katsvairo getting the winner nine minutes from time.

The win saw Chunga winning the battle of wits, pitting two former Warriors greats with the former expressing displeasure in the manner in which his charges won the match.

“I have mixed feelings over the match. Though I am happy that we collected maximum points, I am not happy with the way we won the match. We played in bits and pieces as the players underrated Saints,” he said after the match.

His opposite number, Chawanda said everyone has to work hard to ensure that the team survives relegation.

“I believe we have the squad to survive the chop. We made silly mistakes which cost us the game. I believe it is now time that everyone from the players, technical team and the administrators work very hard.”  Gunners wore black armbands, in honour of the late retired army General Solomon Mujuru, who was buried at Heroes Acre yesterday.

The draw specialists Monomotapa chalked their 13th draw of the season against Shooting Stars at Rufaro yesterday.

Monoz has the highest number of drawn matches in the league.

Makai Kawashu scored a brace for Monoz.  Elliot Matsika opened the scoring for Shooting Stars in the 26th minute. This is Matsika’s fifth goal of the season.

However, the lead was short-lived as Kawashu equalised for Monomotapa in the 31st minute.

However, Shooting Stars regained the lead when Francis Kanda notched in the second goal after connecting a William Kupera corner kick.

Monoz’s dominance paid as   Kawashu drew parity with a glancing header.

Simba Sithole reports that Struggling Kiglon chalked a 2-all draw against Blue Ribbon at Gwanzura yesterday.

Kiglon were on the scoresheet first when Kennedy Mageja scored in the 10th minute with a blistering shot.

Tineyi Chitora equalised for Blue Ribbon in the 36th minute with a fantastic chip. Blue Ribbon went 2-1 up when Chalton Mashumba scored in the 48th minute with a flashing header.

Democratic Republic of Congo national Yves Ebabali converted from the spot for Kiglon in the 85th minute after Crisper Dickson had handled in the box.A minute of silence was observed for the late retired army General Solomon Mujuru.