Nkana were better than Power – Nkhoma

The Nkana coaching bench says their team played better than Power Dynamos despite losing the big Kitwe derby of the Super League at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on Saturday.
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‎Kenyan striker Moses Shumar scored a second half goal as Power overcame Nkana 1-0 in the round 28 match played in Ndola.
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‎It was the first Kitwe derby win for Power coach Oswald Mutapa against Nkana.
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‎Despite not being favourites ahead of this game, Nkana gave Power a tough match.
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‎In a post-match comment, Nkana deputy coach Josphat Nkhoma said Kalampa controlled the game despite ending as losers on the day.
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‎”The guys (players) did their best, they played their lungs out. The guys wanted to win this game but we lost, it is the name of the game,” Nkhoma said.
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‎”The better team has lost today. I think we were better in most of the departments. I think we controlled the game, in defence we were solid today, in the midfield we were fluent and the strikers were eager to score despite missing the chance to kill off the game,” he said.
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‎Nkana remained stuck on number 12 with 31 points in 28 matches played.
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‎Power coach Mutapa said collecting three points against Nkana was the most important aspect of the Kitwe derby.
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‎”Forget about the derby it is the three points that mattered most,” Mutapa said.
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‎”It was a game of maybe two halves. We had a lot of chances in the first half but we couldn’t bury them. After we scored, I think we were not so composed. We gave space to Nkana. Nkana had their moments but we defended bravely to get the result,” Mutapa told a postmatch media conference.
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‎He believes the match was a balanced affair.
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‎”That’s his opinion (Nkhoma’s comment that Nkana were better), we missed a lot of opportunities in the first half. We moved the ball quickly and I think the intensity was high. Nkana followed our intensity, the more reason they broke in the end. But we didn’t control the second half especially in our midfield,” Mutapa said.
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‎Power have opened a seven-point lead at the top of the table with 58 points in 26 matches.
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‎With six matches officially left in the season, Mutapa has demanded humility and discipline as Power moves closer to defending the league title.