Spoils were shared between Silver Strikers and Civil Service United on Sunday for the Central Bankers to go 7 points clear on top.
This is the third consecutive draw for the league leaders and second draw at home this season after playing to a 1 all draw against Moyale Bracks at the same venue two months ago.
On Sunday, coach Peter Mponda had to make three changes to the side that drew two all against CRECK Sporting club last week as he brought in Maxwell Paipi to partner Nickson Mwase in defence and returned Zebron Kalima to the starting line up after missing out of action last week due to sickness.
It was a frustrating afternoon as the Central Bankers looked so keen to play a good game and get a result but the visiting side was so resilient as the game played out goalless.
At 37 minutes Mponda made a first change taking out Uchizi Vunga and Friday Osagie for Charles Chipala and Paul Kansungwi.
The changes brought in less dividends as the game rolled out to half time without any tangible threat to the visitors.
Come second half, the Central Bankers showed signs of bringing a spark to the game but after 15 minutes of the second half the momentum went down and a hope for a goal proved hard to reach.
At 63 minutes, Nickson Mwase started a move from the back as he spoted Charles Chipala who brought the ball down with his chest then passed the ball to Kalima whose shot went wide.
Duncan Nyoni and Patrick Macheso were introduced for Paul Kansungwi and Charles Chipala at 76 minutes to savege the game. Their introduction brought rhythm to the side but a goal never came in sight until the wnd of regulation time.
In post match interviews, Mponda said his side did not show up for the party as their performance was below par but was happy to collect a point.
“I am very disappointed with our performance today as most of my players looked so off today. You might look at the chances that we created, you will find that we were not creative enough today which is very frustrating. However we should celebrate that at our worst we managed to get a point from this match otherwise today the performance was not good. We cant say pressure is creeping in but it was just not our day today,” said Mponda.
Silver Strikers will next play Mzuzu City Hammers on Wednesday at Mzuzu Stadium before returning to Lilongwe to play Mighty Wanderers in the semi final of the Airtel Top 8 on Saturday.
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