RIVERS United technical manager, Stanley Eguma was less than impressed with his side’s display and rue the many missed which could have made the win more emphatic.
“It was a very difficult game for us. We never underrated Tornadoes because it is a game of football.
“We planned to win but unfortunately, we did not have a very good game.
“We won but we were not able to string the passes (together the way we usually do).
“My players were jittery and we lost the midfield battles to our opponents and it made them have the upper hand,” he said at the post match press conference.
Tornadoes coach, Bala Abubakar spoke about a game plan which was carried out to perfection against storied opposition.
“Rivers United is a big team representing Nigeria on the continent.
“Our team is seventy percent new and gradually, we are trying to stabilize the team.
“We came here (to Port Harcourt) with a game plan.
“We knew it would be difficult but we gave a very good account of ourselves,” he said.
Guy Kuemian netted the only goal of an underwhelming Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) contest as Rivers United beat Niger Tornadoes 1-0 in Port Harcourt on Sunday.
The attacker volleyed home a Lukman Mohammed’s cross after the hosts sprang Tornadoes’ offside trap in the 22nd minute.
Victory for the pride of Rivers moves them up to third place on the NPFL standings with seven points while Tornadoes remain bottom of the log with a solitary point from their first three matches.
Rivers United next travel to Nnewi to face FC Ifeanyiubah while Tornadoes next have a home fixture against Wikki Tourists.
Both games will be played on Wednesday in Nnewi and Lokoja respectively.
