Montego Bay, Molynes rue dropped points in JPL clash
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Both Javier Ainstein of Montego Bay United and Anthony Patrick, fresh into his latest stint at Molynes United, thought they dropped two points after the 2-2 result in the Legend Jamaica Premier League match at Jarrett Park on Sunday.
Molynes quieted the home crowd with two goals in the first 10 minutes, but Montego Bay rallied with two of their own before half-time.
Tyrique Wilson gave Molynes the lead in the fifth minute and Rashawn Livingston added a second in the 10th.
Jourdain Fletcher, in the 28th minute, and Devontae Campbell (40th) brought the hosts level.
Ainstein rued yet another lost opportunity to get three points as Montego Bay’s winless run stretched to four games.
“We lost another two points today, no doubt about that,” he said. “But we started really badly at the back today, and we gave an advantage to the opponent. But the good thing is that the team came back early before the end of the first half, and in the second half, I believe that the team created some chances.”
Ainstein said they were paying the price for their lack of senior players in defence.
“We are trying to do everything to replace them, but we started the season with clean sheets in every match, and now we are [conceding] two goals in every match,” said the Montego Bay coach.
Patrick, who said he had only three sessions with the team before the game, said mistakes in the first half cost them the full points.
“We worked it out in training, we understand the system that they are going to play, and we switched to our next system, and we got two early goals,” he told the Jamaica Observer.
He said the players went away from what they practised.
“We messed around. We started to play back the ball. We ask them not to play back any ball. We wanted to match up with them at the back three [because] we have three up front, and they have three at the back. So we could go long and match up with them. But I definitely know that it’s a work in progress, and we’ll continue,” Patrick said.