Waterhouse FC……………..1

Gray (87th)

Humble Lion…………………1

Ajuran Brown (45+1)

Leaders Waterhouse continue to slip and by extension yield ground to chasing rivals in the Red Stripe Premier League.

They once again had to dig deep to find a late come-from-behind 1-1 draw to salvage a point against 10th placed Humble Lion at Drewsland on Sunday. Waterhouse also had to dig deep in their last home game to score a come-from-behind 2-1 win against lowly-placed Barbican, who are also on 13 points with Humble Lion. Waterhouse then suffered a narrow 0-1 loss away to champions and second-place Montego Bay on Thursday.

The point moved Waterhouse to 28 and keep them in the lead as Montego Bay themselves drew 1-1 with bottom-of-the-table Boys’ Town earlier in the day to move to 26 points.

Arnett Gardens defetaed Tivoli Gardens 4-3 to move to 26 points, but remain in third position in the standings.

Waterhouse, after being outplayed for the duration of the match by Humble Lion, national defenderHughan Gray levelled the score with three minutes to go with a screamer from inside the box to complement an equally brilliant pass from striker Jermaine Anderson, who had earlier missed a sitter from close up.

Ajuran Brown had put Humble Lion in front on the stroke of half time with the assistance of Waterhouse goalkeeper Kelso Cousins, who inadvertently had taken the ball over the goal line in goalmouth tangle.

“This is third goal of the season, but it is the most valuable as we got a point that gave us a little breathing space; not much but a two-point lead will do for the time being,” a palpably relieved Gray said afterwards.

“We came out flat in the first half and we were asked by our coaches to step it up. We did and got a goal. It was a team goal, although it was scored by me; we all had a hand in its creation,” Gray added.

Teams:

Waterhouse FC — Kelso Cousins, Oshane Roberts (Juvaune Benjamin 76th), Rohan Amos, Nicholi Finlayson, Evan Taylor, Hughan Gray, Damarley Samuels, Tremaine Stewart, Damion Binns (Jamoly Powell 80th (Marlon Laing 89th), Romario Campbell, Jermaine Anderson

Subs not used: Akeem Chambers, Adoah Nickle, Vinroy Hayles, Andre Leslie

Booked: Amos (52nd), Gray (88th)

Humble Lion — Ajuran Brown, Narado Brown (Mark Miller 90th), Ricardo Campbell, Jermaine Christian, Ronaldo Christian, Sean Coleman (Hugh Howell 70th), Damion Crooks, Ricardo Cousins, Devon Hodges (Omando McLeod 83rd), Andrew Vanzie, Fabian Pascoe

Subs not used: Denzil Watson, Garth Heron, Jermaine Fletcher, Dwayne Campbell

Booked: Pascoe (56th), Narado Brown (60th), Ajuran Brown (81st)

Referee: Dwight Royal

Assistant Referees: Garnet Page, Terrence McKenzie

Fourth Official: Derron Davey

Match Commissary: Martin Lyn

— Hurbun Williams