David Ocloo’s side suffered their fourth home defeat of the season, as well as their second consecutive defeat at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Accra Hearts of Oak have failed to pick up a point in their last four betPawa Premier League games, losing all four. David Ocloo’s side has conceded 11 goals and scored five.
The Rainbow team has struggled at home in their last two games under head coach David Ocloo, conceding five goals against Medeama and two against Real Tamale United (RTU) on Sunday afternoon.
Linda Mtange, an in-form Congolese midfielder for Accra Hearts of Oak, gave the home side the lead in the 35th minute of the first half after receiving a flicked pass from Seidu Suraj and shooting at goal with the goalkeeper to beat.
The away team, R.T.U., realising that their survival in the Premier League depended on the results of the game, came back from recess as wounded lions, and they brought the score to parity just a minute later when Manaf Umar pounced on a rebound.
David Ocloo’s team attacked to maintain their lead, but all attacks were handled by the centre defence pairing of experienced Hafiz Adams and former Medeama defender Yusif Nurudeen.
The winner at Accra Sports Stadium last Sunday afternoon came from Stephen Badu Dankwa; he shot inside the penalty box from a cross that Hearts of Oak defender Addo Sowah failed to clear in the 80th minute.
After Accra Hearts of Oak failed to earn a point in their last four league games, head coach David Ocloo sent a message to the fans who rant and rave at the Accra Sports Stadium.
“They are right to be furious and to say whatever they want,” David Ocloo told StarTimes, “but they should not forget that this is a depleted side that I met as the club’s head coach.”
