{"id":5103,"date":"2013-06-17T14:25:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T14:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/glo-premier-league-we-lost-to-luckier-side\/"},"modified":"2013-06-17T14:25:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T14:25:32","slug":"glo-premier-league-we-lost-to-luckier-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/glo-premier-league-we-lost-to-luckier-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Glo Premier League: \u2018We Lost To Luckier Side\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heartland Coach, Nduka Ndubuisi has said his side were not outplayed by hosts, Enyimba in the Glo Premier League, Matchday 19 encounter at the Aba Township Stadium Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Nigerian Cup holders were beaten 0-1 by oriental foes, Enyimba going into the first term two-week break.<\/p>\n

Ndubuisi said his side lost to a luckier side as his wards gave excellent account of themselves in the rain-soaked encounter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not disappointed by the outcome of the match, we played a very coordinated game to earn a point in the encounter, if not the slippery nature of the pitch due to heavy down pour and few missed chances.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we lost to the luckier not the better side because Enyimba were not better than my wards in the game. Both sides gave a good account of themselves as expected in a derby; we\u2019ve taken the defeat in good faith,\u201d said the former Plateau United Coach to supersport.com.<\/p>\n

Nduka said he had hoped to end the first stanza of the league season on a winning note.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not happy heading into the mid-term break on a losing note, I never planned to lose this encounter but it has happened,” he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll go into the mid-term break to carry out an over view of what happened in the first stanza and work out modalities on how to comeback better and stronger.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m positive we\u2019ll perform better in the second stanza though I don\u2019t consider our performance in the first stanza a poor one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe league title is still within reach, we\u2019ll come back to give it serious challenge,\u201d said the former Sharks coach.<\/p>\n

Heartland ended the NPFL first stanza on 28 points from possible 57. The NPFL second stanza is expected to commence on July 04.<\/p>\n

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