MFM fight back to beat Katsina United
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he made it a brace in the 67th minute after utilising a deft pass from chukwuka onuwa1 lagos-based mfm football club on sunday came from a goal down to defeat visiting katsina united fc 2-1 in a 20172018 nigeria professional football league npfl match day 14 fixture1 mfm fc coach fidelis ilechukwu made two changes to the team which defeated heartland fc of owerri 3-0 with goalkeeper ospino egbe replacing folarin abayomi1 also ayinde abiodun also led the attack in place of flying eagles call-up jesse akila.the visitors however drew the first blood through garba yashua in the 37th minute1 at the restart akuneto came in for akinyemi while abiodun made way for waheed akanni.the substitution brought almost instant result as akuneto struck in the 49th minute with a well-taken free-kick to draw mfm fc level1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the match played at the agege stadium saw the hosts fighting back to claim a win through a brace by substitute chijioke akuneto1 speaking later akuneto said the win was a sweet victory for his teams hard labour1 we struggled at first but it was a sweet victory for the team from hard labour. we are happy to take the three points and that is what is most important for us he said1 mfm with two games in hand are 7th on the league table seven points adrift from leaders lobi stars of makurdi1 the league table after matchday 141 heartland 2-1 nasarawa utd lobi 3-2 rivers utd akwa utd 1-1 abia warriors wikki 3-0 el-kanemi fciu 3-0 plateau utd kwara utd 2-1 kano pillars tornadoes 1-0 sunshine stars yobe ds 1-1 enyimba go round 2-2 rangers mfm 2-1 katsina utd1