Kenyan defender fails to build on from impressive display against West Ham with poor showing in Bristol’s loss

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STARS ABROAD Kenyan defender fails to build on from impressive display against West Ham with poor showing in Bristol’s loss

Mark Kinyanjui 08:45 - 14.01.2024

The 26-year-old could not produce enough to help Bristol City avoid defeat against Preston

Harambee Stars prospect Zak Vyner Obiero failed to follow up on his impressive showing against West Ham United in the FA Cup last week as his Bristol City side were beaten by a Will-Keane inspired Preston 2-0 in a Championship clash played on Saturday.

Vyner, who started in the middle of a back three, attempted only one duel, and his unassured display effectively left him making a lot of clearances.

His passing was abysmal, as he made no accurate long ball from all his 11 attempts, and it is not a display he will want to remember.

The striker netted twice after the two sides had cancelled each other out in an uneventful first half to chalk up only the Lilywhites' second win in their last six games.

City have now gone three games without a goal and have lost two on the bounce, and rarely looked like troubling Preston keeper Freddie Woodman.

The game remained goalless until Keane seized his chance on 65 minutes.

Woodman's punt was headed into no-man's land by defender George Tanner and the Preston striker nipped in to nick the ball off the toes of O'Leary, rounding the keeper to place into an empty net.

The goal lifted the Lancashire gloom, and when Emil Riis put in a lovely teasing cross, Keane finished well to double his tally and secure the points.

The Robins, who had scored seven in Christmas wins over Hull and Watford, have now gone three games without a goal for the first time since since April 2021.

Preston, after losing four of the previous five, are now within two points of sixth place again after chalking up their first win over Bristol City in seven attempts.

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