Midfield diamond, Manaf Gumah jnr, picked his first Man-Of-The-Match award of the season after his impressive showings in Hearts of Oak’s demolishing of Bechem United on Saturday.
The diminutive and nimble-footed offensive midfielder led the Phobians to mesmerize the league leaders in Accra.
The youngster opened the floodgates for the Rainbow Boys and his general performance won him his first Man-Of-The-Match award after seven games into the 2020-21 Ghana Premier League season.
The dazzling midfielder had four successful dribbles, three interceptions, three tackles won, two clearances, two assists and one goal.
Ghanaian giants Accra Hearts of Oak demolished Bechem United FC in week seven of the Ghana Premier League in Accra on Saturday afternoon.
The Phobians were undoubtedly the best side of the opening half and created some decent chances in the game but failed to punish the visitors.
Black Satellites captain, Afriyie Barnieh had a glorious chance inside the box to find the back of the net or set up his strike partner Victor Aidoo to connect to a yawning net but decided to go solo and wasted the begging opportunity to score.
Bechem United were reduced to 10-men late in the half after their defender Emmanuel Asante was sent off for dissent.
After the break, the Phobians made their one-man advantage count as they piled an enormous amount of pressure on the visitors.
Seven minutes into the second half, Umar Manaf broke the deadlock of the match to put the hosts 1-0 up on the 52nd minutes with a scintillating strike.
Striker Víctor Aidoo grabbed a quick brace to make put the Rainbow Boys in a 3-0 lead scored on the 68th and 73rd minutes respectively.
Hearts were awarded a penalty in the closing stages of the match and it was converted by Frederick Ansah Botchway to put the hosts in a 4-0 lead.
Mamane Lawali added the icing on the cake when he went past the goalkeeper to slot the ball into an empty net on the 88th minute to make it 5-0 for the Hearts of Oak before Benjamin Afutu headed home the sixth deep into additional time to make 6-0
Prince Adu Kwabena scored a consolation goal for Bechem United to make the final score 6-1
The Phobians move to second temporarily with eleven points from seven games while Bechem United maintains top spot with 14 points.
