‘Left me no choice’ – Edwin Okon blames referee for Rivers Angels loss to Bayelsa Queens

The Prosperity Girls opened scoring through Florence Sabastian as early as 11 minutes before Okah Adaobi pulled the Jewel of Rivers back with a good header at the stroke of halftime, then Etim Edidiong scored to hand the visitors the winner just 12 minutes to the final whistle.

With this defeat, the seven-time Nigerian champions have now dropped five points in their last two games and suffered its first home defeat of the season but the 52-year-old tactician vowed to get his team back to winning ways after pinning their defeat on the controversial calls of the match officials.

“I don’t like blaming referees after my games but today’s own has left me no choice than to blame her because the second goal scored by the away team was a clear offside but it wasn’t ruled out,” Okon told media.

“The frustration from the referees affected our game today but I still commend my girls, they did very well, even better than the previous games. We will shift our focus to our next game.

“All hope is not lost for Super 6, we will still qualify for it, we just need to pick more points to seal our spot. I’ve been saying it, you can’t quarrel with your tools. You just have to psych them up. That’s all,” he concluded.