Captain Amos Addai netted a last minute penalty to end the Phobians six matches unbeaten run and handed a first defeat to coach Samuel Boadu since he took over as Hearts Coach in matchday 19 fixture at the Len Clay Stadium in Obuasi on Saturday.

Hearts have themselves to be blame after they were awarded a penalty kick by Referee Gabriel Opoku Arhin after a careless infringement in the penalty box. Victor Aidoo missed the opportunity with a poorly taken kick which was saved by Kofi Mensah in post for Ashgold.

This is Mensah’s second penalty save in a row after stopping Diawisie Taylor’s kick last week against Karela United.

An eventful first 45 minutes at Len Clay Stadium saw both sides fluff many chances including a penalty kick by the Phobians in the 18th minute. From then on, the Miners came in strongly causing a lot of problems for the visitors.

Their clearest chance came in the 29th minute but new striker Gordon Kusi Brooklyn’s free header went wide after Samed cleverly whipped a delightful cross into the box.

The hour mark saw Hearts giving the ball away in their own half with Yaw Annor charging at them in two minds before releasing to Brooklyn whose shot could not cause any problem for goalkeeper Ben Mensah.

AshantiGold came close again in the 76th minute when Amos Kofi Nkrumah brilliantly went between William Dankyi and Mohammed Alhassan and picked out second-half substitute David Abagna but the midfielder agonizingly blasted the ball wide with his weaker left foot despite having enough space and time to make something out of the opportunity.

The game looked set to end in a stalemate until the second minute of additional time when the Miners were awarded a controversial penalty. Hearts captain Fatawu Mohammed was adjudged to have handled the ball in the box.
Amos Addai stepped up and slotted the ball past Benjamin Mensah as the Miners secured all three points.