In
other Premier League matches played, Terengganu Hockey Team (THT) beat Maybank
5-1 while Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) defeated Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)
1-0 courtesy of a Mohd Ashran Hamsani field goal late in the fourth quarter.
The
match of the day started at a fast pace with both teams looking confident
following their victories over THT and UniKL respectively in the opening round
of matches on Friday.
It
didn't take long for the first goal to come, given the open style both teams
were playing, as KLHC's Pakistan import Muhd Umar Bhutta finished off a well
organised attack in the second minute. KLHC doubled their lead from an Ahmad
Kazamirul Nasruddin penalty corner five minutes later.
Sapura
pulled one back in the 19th minute when Mohd Izad Hakimi Jamaluddin slammed home
the rebound from a penalty corner after a fine initial save from KLHC
goalkeeper Roslan Jamaluddin.
KLHC
restored their two goal lead almost immediately when South Korean import
Hyunwoo Nam inch perfect pass found striker Mohd Symin Mohd Yusof who turned and
put the ball pass Sapura keeper MohdHairi Abdul Rahman to make it 3-1.
It
was 4-1 three minutes later when Mohd Noor Faeez Ibrahim scored through a
confidently placed penalty corner.
Sapura
got their second goal in the second half when Mohd Zuhairi Hashim's brilliantly
placed his penalty corner into the bottom right corner in the 43rd minute to
make it 4-2 only for KLHC to make it 5-2 in the 53rd minute when Mohd Rashid
Baharom finished a counter-attack with a well-placed goal to the roof of the
net from the right.
KLHC's
Meor Muhd Azuan Hasan was taken off with a torn gum that did not stop bleeding
after knocking into a Sapura player.
Coach
Muhd Harun Al-RahidSamri was happy with the three points but feels his KLHC
side still have room for improvement.
"On
a scale of 1 to 10 were performing at six. The early goals helped us settle and
gave us the confidence we needed.
"But
there is still work to be done and with our next match a week from now, I will
have some much needed time to work with my team," said Harun who was happy
with the performance of goalkeeper Roslan.
Sapura
coach Yahya bin Omar believes that the early goals were too much for his team
to return from.
"Two
early goals in 8 minutes put us in a bad spot. We didn't have time to settle
into the match and our defenders were nervous as they were playing a stronger
team.
"At
2-1, we tried to draw level, but our defenders were not at their best today and
there were times where we were caught ball watching.
“Our
man marking could have been tighter but, we have to look at our next match
against Maybank and not repeat the same mistakes," said Yahya.
At
Batu Buruk Hockey Stadium Maybank stunned THT with a field goal in the 14th
minute through Hafifi hafiz Hanafi, but it was all THT from then on. Goals from
Tengku Ahmad TajuddinTengku Abdul Jalil (28), Jivan Mohan (41), Jang Jonghyun
(47, 52) and Muhamad Amirul Mirza Rozi (56) rounded up the win.
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