{"id":343,"date":"2019-04-14T15:29:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T15:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=343"},"modified":"2019-04-15T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T18:34:00","slug":"hearts-coach-kim-grant-issues-warning-to-opponents-after-liberty-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sport\/hearts-coach-kim-grant-issues-warning-to-opponents-after-liberty-win","title":{"rendered":"Hearts coach Kim Grant issues warning to opponents after Liberty win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hearts of Oak director of football and first team head coach Kim Grant believes teams should be worried about playing the Phobians, after the club registered a second consecutive victory in the Ghana Football Association Normalisation Committee Special Competition.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, a 43rd-minute Kojo Obeng Junior strike earned the Accra-based side a 1-0 away triumph in the matchday five fixture.<\/p>\n<p>The win comes four days after they beat Ebusua Dwarfs to end a two-match losing run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very pleased with the results because Liberty were in a good run &#8211; four games unbeaten &#8211; and they came here with determination and a thinking that they were going to beat us,&#8221; Grant said after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe responded very well. We won against Dwarfs and we&#8217;ve won today, I\u2019m very pleased with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe kept compact and were able to stop their midfield play to make sure that we are on the front.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo make sure [Simon] Zibo and [Emmanuel] Addo weren\u2019t comfortable on the ball, I emphasised on pressing them high as soon as they had the ball. I was happy my tactics really worked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny team that will face us is not going to [find it] easy for us. No body is going to have an easy ride with us. We will work all the way till the ninety minutes.&#8221;Hearts next play Wafa in the Special Competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearts of Oak director of football and first team head coach Kim Grant believes teams should be worried about playing the Phobians, after the club registered a second consecutive victory in the Ghana Football Association Normalisation Committee Special Competition. 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