Kohima, June 2 (MExN): A hat-trick from Viposa and a brace from Hethanglo helped Power Comm climb atop the Morning Premier League table with a hard fought win over Silver White on Friday. Following All Blacks shock defeat to eight-placed Morning FC on Thursday, Power Comm needed a win to take top spot and win they did as they managed to scrape a win over the bottom of the league side. Power Comm now lead the leaderboard with a superior goal difference of +23 goal difference as against +12 for Medical XI and +11 for All Blacks. All three sides have 28 points from their 13 games. Friday’s encounter at the Local Ground, Kohima, saw a teetering contest as the two teams combined to score 9 goals. Viposa opened the scoring for Power Comm in the 8th minute and teammate Hethanglo made it 2-0 in the 26th minute. Tesa then halved the deficit scoring in the 33rd minute. But five minutes later, Viposa got his second as he restored the two goal lead. Silver White then got a lifeline when they were awarded a penalty in the dying minutes of the first half. John stepped up to take the penalty and made no mistake in slotting the ball home. With the match delicately poised at 3-2, Power Comm powered into the second half in much the same way as they started scoring an early goal as Viposa completed his hat-trick two minutes after the restart. Silver White’s Tesa then found the net as the score read 4-3 in the 65th minute. Ten minutes later, Power Comm scored again with Hethanglo getting his second to make it 5-3. Silver White responded two minutes later with Tesa completing his hat-trick but his efforts were in vain as Power Comm held on to win 5-4. The loss meant Silver White continue to languish at the bottom of the table with a point from their 13 games.
