KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- Kuching City FC recorded a stylish victory after defeating Kelantan Red Warriors 5-0 in the Super League at Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, today.
Kuching City opened the score as early as the seventh minute through Muhammad Ramadhan Saifullah Usman who made a dive to beat goalkeeper Amin Faisal Mohd Saidi.
The advantage was then doubled in the 14th minute through import player Jerome Mpacko Etame who finished off a pass from the middle with a kick to produce Kuching City's second goal.
Muhammad Safawi Rasid ensured that Kuching City remained in front when he scored the third goal with a powerful shot in extra time, thus punishing the weakness of the opponent's defence.
Continuing in the second half, Jerome added a fourth goal from Filemon Anyie Standly’s cross in the 54th minute before Muhammad Safawi increased the pressure on the opponents by scoring the fifth goal with a swift kick in front of the goal two minutes later.
The victory saw Kuching City FC move to second place in the Super League table, while Kelantan Red Warriors FC remained at the bottom after suffering their second consecutive defeat.
Meanwhile at the Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium, KL City FC managed to secure three points after defeating DPMM FC 1-0
The visiting team almost opened the scoring in the 28th minute through Felipe Aspegren but his shot just hit the crossbar.
The city squad also had a chance to score the first goal of the match but Paulo Josue's shot from the edge of the box in the 38th minute went just wide, thus seeing the first half end without a goal.
Continuing in the second half, both teams exchanged attacks in search of a goal.
KL City were forced to play with 10 men when midfielder Gary Steven Robat was shown a red card after fouling an opposing player towards the end of the match.
However, the situation did not dampen the spirits of Dollah Salleh's men when they finally managed to score a goal in injury time.
DPMM then managed to equalise through Dalbero Luan Belo but the goal was disallowed for being offside, giving KL City their first win of the season.
-- BERNAMA