Asante Kotoko lodge complaint with GFA over poor officiating in King Faisal loss
Asante Kotoko has lodged a formal complaint with the Ghana Football Association over poor officiating when they faced king Faisal in the Kumasi Derby on Sunday.
A statement from the club via their twitter page read; “We have lodged a formal complaint with the Ghana Football Association over the referees who officiated our matchday 6 game against King Faisal in Kumasi last Sunday,”
Kotoko tasted their first defeat of the season as they were beaten 3-2 by their city rivals in the Kumasi derby at the Baba Yara Stadium.
The Porcupine Warriors are of of view that the referees contributed to the loss that has seen King Faisal relinquish them as leaders of the league.
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In the first half, they were awarded a penalty by centre-referee Juliana Nunoo who later reversed the decision after consulting fourth official Daniel Laryea.
It was King Faisal’s first league win against Kotoko in seven years and Alhaji Grunsah’s men put on a show.
Zubairu Ibrahim gave them a two-goal lead before the 20th minute mark. The attacker scored inside the 3rd minute and doubled the advantage 14 minutes later.
Kotoko returned from the break determined to stage a comeback. They managed to halve the deficit two minutes into the half courtesy of George Mfegue.
The Porcupine Warriors committed more men forward in search of the equaliser and they got punished as Ibrahim completed his hat-trick in the 68th minute.
Mfegue scored again to give Kotoko hope and set up a nervy end to the game which ended 2-3.
