Ghana Premier League: “Medeama needs to work on mistakes” – Ibrahim Tanko

Head coach of Medeama SC Ibrahim Tanko has been left disappointed following his side’s 2-2 draw against Asante Kotoko at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday.

The Mauve and Yellow scored two first half goals courtesy Derick Fordjour’s 5th minute strike and Yussif Mubarik’s penalty in the 58th minute.

The brace separated the two sides into the half time break but Kotoko reorganized themselves in the second department, fighting back to pull level.

Peter Amidu Acquah and captain Samba O’Neil scored each to send the sparsely populated home crowd into ecstasy.

Medeama moved joint top with Heart of Lions

Coach Ibrahim Tanko admits that his charges slackened their grip on the lead due to momentary loss of concentration.

“I will say we lost concentration and I have to say that because of injuries, it was really painful and after leading 2-0 and [the game ending] in 2-2. I mean this is football [and] we have to go and work on our mistakes,” Ibrahim Tanko said.

“Maybe we made our changes earlier and in the last twenty minutes we couldn’t have anyone to change and you could see that some of our players were tired.

“I mean like I said, it’s football [and] normally before the game if you say I should take three points I will agree but how the game went definitely we deserved the three points but that’s football.”

The result sent Medeama joint top with Heart of Lions and Aduana on 23 points from 12 games while Asante Kotoko on the other hand share 21 points with rivals Hearts of Oak in 5th position after 12 matches as well.

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