Percy Tau shines as Anderlecht hold Niangbo’s Gent


The South African was in motion for the Purple and White as they picked up some extent in opposition to the Buffalos in Sunday’s Belgian topflight showdown

Anderlecht went to the Ghelamco Enviornment, noticed and performed out a 1-1 draw with Sulayman Marreh and Anderson Niangbo’s Gent.

As predicted, the Belgian topflight encounter lived as much as expectation as each groups cancelled out each other on Sunday night.

In a troublesome first half, on mortgage Brighton and Hove Albion ahead Percy Tau was cautioned within the 26th minute by referee Nicolas Laforge for a careless sort out.

Regardless of the yellow card, that didn’t scale back the South Africa worldwide’s effectiveness as he was majestic within the guests’ midfield.

Anderlecht took a well-deserved lead within the 44th minute courtesy of Michael Murillo who profited from Yari Verschaeren’s help to fireplace previous goalkeeper Sinan Bolat as they went into the half time break with a skinny benefit.

Gent got here out stronger within the second-half however have been unsuccessful of their quest to interrupt the water-tight backline of Vincent Kompany’s males.

Nevertheless, they levelled issues within the 89th minute via Roman Yaremchuk who discovered house within the guests’ purpose space earlier than heading house a cross from Iranian defender Milad Mohammadi.

After a formidable shift, Tau was changed with ten minutes left to play by Josh Cullen whereas Sierra Leone’s Mustapha Bundu and Nigeria‘s Paul Mukairu have been unused substitutes.

For Gent, Gambia’s Marreh was in motion from begin to end whereas Cote d’Ivoire’s Niangbo was substituted for Dylan Mbayo within the 62nd minute. Cameroon‘s Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Congo DR‘s Jordan Botaka, Angola’s Nuno Fortuna and Guinea’s Ibrahima Cisse weren’t listed for motion.

Regardless of the draw, Norwegian right-back Andreas Hanche-Olsen expressed his delight with the result in opposition to Kompany’s squad.

“It wasn’t a simple match, however the level that we obtained out of the fireplace ultimately is greater than deserved,” Hanche-Olsen informed Gent website.

“We stored preventing till the final minute and that paid off. After the loss in Belgrade, the main focus was shortly on Anderlecht.

“We obtained numerous accidents and absentees due to Covid-19, however we did not disguise behind these excuses.

“Our mentality was good, we fought for one another, despite the fact that the scenario was not all the time good.”

With this end result, Genk keep fourth within the Jupiler League with 22 factors from 12 video games whereas Anderlecht are seventh having garnered 21 factors from the identical variety of video games.

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