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The Chief Coach, Sunshine Stars FC, Gbenga Ogunbote, has said that “loss of concentration” cost them the away game against Abia Warriors in Okigwe, the eighth Week match in the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL)

Sunshine Stars lost scandalously four goals to nil, a goal each from Fatal Abdullahi and Emmanuel Ugwuka, and a brace from substitute Bello Lukman while Sadeeq Yusuf scored Sunshine Stars’ consolation and as such he remains the League’ leading scorer with six goals.

Speaking with the media after the match, Ogunbote said “sometimes you learn from mistakes and this one is a big one, the important thing is to go back home, cross the Ts and dot the Is.he continued “At this level, there should be limit  to havoc dead ball cause, most of their goals were from dead balls.

“We were trying to come back before the third goal demoralised the team.I’ll have to psyche them up ahead of our next game”.

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Sunshine Stars will in their next game host Kwara United, one of the best away teams this season, in Akure on Sunday.

In other matchday 8 games, Kwara United beat Lobi Stars 2-1 in Ilorin, Rangers walloped Dakkada three-nil, Warri Wolves beat Plateau United 1-0, Akwa United compounded the woes of the whipping boys Adamawa United at home 1-0  and Nasarawa United lost at home to the new leaders Enyimba 2-1

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