KANO Pillars left back, Jonathan Zikiye has claimed that Rivers United players played the Masu Gida side with too much respect.
A Gambo Mohammed’s close range finish was all Baba Ganaru team required to defeat the Garden City team in a match day 32 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) game decided on Sunday in Kano.
"Rivers United is a very good team but I think they showed us too much respect.
"We deserve respect but it was a factor.
"Our ability to convert one of our chances in the first half was the
major difference today," he said the ex-Dolphins defender.
On his part, United forward, Chinonso Okonkwo blamed his side's inability to convert numerous chances as chiefly responsible for the defeat.
"We failed to take any of our chances and it cost us today.
"Hopefully, we will make up for this disappointment with positive results in subsequent matches he said.
