Waterhouse Football Club rebounded from their devastating 4-0 defeat to league leaders Montego Bay United on Sunday with a 4-0 win over Molynes United in the Jamaica Premier League yesterday at the Constant Spring Sports Complex.
Goals from Neron Barrow (34th), Colorado Murray (45th), Denardo Thomas (85th), and Mario Simms (89th) saw the Javier Ainstein-coached team back to winning ways and back into fifth place on 43 points.
Ainstein said that after the loss to MoBay, their first defeat in nine matches, they were itching to get back on the field to redeem themselves, and believed they did a good job at that.
“It is good when you suffer a defeat. When we finished the Montego [Bay] match, I was counting the minutes to play again. We needed to play. We needed to win and forget the defeat,” he said.
“When you are winning, you can lose and it’s normal. If you don’t know loss, you don’t know win. You have to be ready to manage the wins and manage the defeats, but today our defence was more complete.
“We had our strength in defence today, and as the time was running, we were playing better, with longer possession. The opponent was trying to press high, but you cannot press high all the time.
“I am so proud of this group of players. They are working hard. Okay, we suffered a defeat, but it’s a good we are still fighting for the play-offs.”
After a balanced start to the game, it was Waterhouse who took the lead through the Guyanese Barrow’s strike.
Murray would make it 2-0 minutes before the break, nodding home a precise inswinging cross from Denardo Thomas, who had delivered a similar ball for the forward seconds earlier. On the second delivery, he made no mistake.
After the break, it was all Molynes, but they rarely threatened a well-organised Waterhouse defence. Waterhouse nearly added to the lead on the hour, but Thomas’s effort came back off the post.
Nevertheless, Molynes continued to press without much reward and in the 81st minute, Thomas found space inside the area and calmly slotted home.
Simms would seal the win in added time, after missing a sitter moments earlier.
Molynes coach Jermaine Thomas said they never made the most of their good play in the second half.
“In the first half we played in patches. In the second half, we came out and gave a good account of ourselves and created some half-chances and I think we should have converted; but then we gave up some sloppy ones at the back end of the game,” he commented.
Molynes are four points above the relegation zone with 25 points. That could be reduced today when the two teams below them, Harbour View (21) and Spanish Town Police (19), meet in the bottom-of-the-table clash at Harbour View.
