Nasarawa United head coach, Salisu Yusuf has reacted to his side’s victory over Remo Stars, Media Talk Africa reports.
The Solid Miners recorded a shocking 1-0 win over the leaders at the Lafia City Stadium on Wednesday.
Forward Anas Yusuf scored the decisive goal five minutes before the half hour mark.
It was Anas’ 14th league goal of the season for Nasarawa United.
Yusuf, who recently took charge of the Lafia club following the sacking of Kabiru Dogo claimed the win will boost his team’s chances of escaping relegation.
“It’s a great result for us today, despite the tight schedules before this game,” Yusuf told the club’s media.
“We only had two days to train before this game because we needed to manage the fatigue.
“Within those few days, I tried to imprint my game plans into players.
“We got our goal through a high press. I think the team has great potential to grow.
“We will work on our team cohesion so that the players will understand themselves better.
“We respect Remo Stars as the league leaders, but if you observed very well today, they couldn’t create any goal scoring opportunity throughout the game.
“I am so proud of the performance of the boys today against the league leaders.
“The mandate to me is to rescue the team from being relegated, and I believe that is achievable.”
Nasarawa United currently occupy 17th position on the NPFL table with 30 points.
They will face Abia Warriors in their next league game on Sunday.
