They say one man’s food is another man’s poison hence when Stephen Waruru of Ulinzi became frenzy and went to celebrate his second goal near Gor Mahia fans, little did he know this would culminate into chaos. All hell broke loose as unhappy Kogalo fans reacted negatively by throwing stones which prompted police to lobby teargas, but even the peace makers were not spared! [Phillip Orwa, Standard]

KPL top scorer was accused of causing fracas in match against Gor Mahia.

Ulinzi Stars coach Benjamin Nyangweso has come out in defence of in-form striker Stephen Waruru.

This was after chaos erupted during Ulinzi’s tie against Gor Mahia at Moi Stadium in Kisumu on Sunday.

The fracas that ensued after Waruru had struck a 92nd equaliser saw a police officer and scores of fans injured and also saw the Ulinzi Stars bus windows smashed after fans threw stones.

While celebrating his second goal, Waruru approached the VIP section of the terraces with his shirt in hand and it was then that angry fans started throwing stones and from then hell.

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In his defence, Nyangweso said that the fans were just angry that his side had scored an equaliser and feared that with the momentum, the Kenya Defence Forces side could have even scored a third goal.

“You and I know that when a team equalises it is normal for opposition fans to get angry,” Nyangweso said.

He added: “Waruru was celebrating his second goal in our area, our side of the technical bench. Had he crossed over to Gor Mahia’s bench then that would have been wrong.”

A statement by Gor Mahia on their official Facebook page accused Waruru of showing his middle finger, which caused teh chaos.

“It is uncouth and barbaric (sic) of one Waruru to provoke our fans by using his middle finger to insult the fans,” Gor said in the post.

Waruru has also denied claims by Gor Mahia that he raised the middle finger.

“Those are blatant lies and people are just trying to justify acts of hooliganism. No one raised a finger to them. I just celebrated my goal by removing my jersey. Them turning it around and saying I made an abusive gesture is quite unfortunate,” Waruru said.

His sentiments were shared by teammate Brian Birgen who said:

“I have never heard of a bigger lie than that.”