NPFL: Eguma Happy With Draw Against Heartland

NPFL: Eguma Happy With Draw Against Heartland By Sampson Adedeji Head coach of the Nigeria Professional Football League Club Rivers United Stanley Eguma has expressed his over the outcome of the game against rival Heartland of Owerri, BSNSports.com.ng. Both teams played out a 2-2 draw in the match-day 25 of the league with Rivers United coming back twice in the keenly contested encounter. While reacting after the encounter Eguma commended his players for the way they approached the game and manner they were able to leveled up in the match. He further heaped praises on the Naze Millionaires classifying them as a strong side. “It was a very good game, even though we planned to get the three points here but we thank God for the one point we got. Heartland put up a very good effort and we commend them for that too. "We knew it was going to be a very tough game considering the fact that the league has come to the crucial stage. Every point is very vital now so I wasn't surprised the TV way it happened. I commend my players for their effort, you know we fought. The second goal that came, my goalkeeper had an injury and if he had fallen and signaled to the referee, the referee would have been able to stop the game before that kick was taken but it was a mistake on his part and I think it's part of the game." "Heartland team is a good team but you know this is a local derby. Heartland Rivers United always a local derby you expect the best and some of the players that we paraded were players that had played in Heartland before. You could also see some players that played in Rivers United paraded in Heartland squad. So it is always like that. Every player will want to play against his former team so I think we enjoyed our performance today," he told club media.