Dhoby Ghaut - Henderson Rovers stirling comeback victory summed up Myjia's season as The Family crashed to a 3-1 defeat against a team comprising lawyers and undergraduates.
Inconsistency and indiscipline has cost Myjia dearly this season and again both factors crept into Myjia on Saturday despite a fine first half.
A goalless first half showcased Myjia's potential with Vincent Low in fine form as he marshalled the backline superbly with Jerry Lim to keep the Rovers attack at bay.
Rovers No. 10 was a constant niggle with his unsightly style of play and penchant for diving at the slightest touch. It was to nobody's surprise when the game began to flare up in the second half as Kenneth took offence at Rover's No. 8 immaculate impersonation of his captain's art of clipping of opponent's ankles - the captain in question: the irritable No. 10.
The referee who had an average game, failed to take sterner action against the No. 8 when he taunted Kenneth to hit him and from that point onwards, mayhem broke loose in Myjia's ranks.
In between the start of the second half and that incident, Junhao had time to hit his 22nd goal of the season with the goal of the season.
Collecting the ball at the edge of the penalty box, the poacher took one touch and with his second, sent a dipping volley into the bottom corner with the keeper stranded.
Myjia were having the upper hand with the goal but all advantage was lost when Vincent smudged his own performance with a schoolboy error - failing to control with his chest that led to Rovers scoring an ill-deserved equaliser.
Myjia were in sixes and sevens as substituition created confusion and inconsistency in the passing and the hapless Wai Meng was of no help either.
The midfielder who celebrated his 29th birthday two weeks ago was a spectator throughout the game and his only contribution was to not get a yellow card in a game where seven Myjia players were booked.
With the midfield missing and the team is disarray, fuming Myjia keeper Raymond Tan had seen enough and had enough of Rovers No. 10 antics when the latter stole a kick at Raymond in a 50-50 situation.
Raymond lashed out in anger and appeared to stamp on the striker and was lucky to be still on the pitch. But it was effectively game over for Raymond who lost his composure and never really went back into the game.
Receiving a backpass, Raymond attempted to dribble past a striker and when the ball was nicked without a foul, the game was lost as was the plot.
2-1 to Rovers and with tackles flying in, the referee had to get Vincent to control the team who were united in spirit and anger at the way the game was falling out of Myjia's reach with Rovers antics.
Eric Low had to be restrained as he abused the referee and had to be eventually subsituted to keep 11 men on the field before Rovers scored a lucky goal with from the byline.
Myjia were never in the game for most of the second half and on hindsight, such tempers flaring from players could only boil down to the close bond shared by Myjia players who were enraged when they see any unjust actions toward their fellow players.
"Losing is one thing, but fighting in Myjia's colours is disgraceful. We should use this unity we share to translate it to victory whenever we face adversity," remarked team manager Vincent Low.
Players Booked Kenneth, Delvin, Vincent, Junhao, Raymond, Ryan, Eric
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