Police Take the Lead in Premier League

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 JANUARY, 2012: Police edged Pahang to lead the Premier League after defeating Perlis 4-2 at the Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Paroi tonight.
    
However, they have played five matches as compared to four by Pahang who take on Armed Forces on Feb 3.   

Khairul Izuan Abdullah was the hero for Police tonight, scoring all four of their goals in the 24th, 27th, 55th and 87th minutes while Perlis' goals were netted by Mohd Rizal Mohd Ghazali (3rd minute) and Mohd Khairul Ramadhan Mohd Zawawi (17th minute).  
    
MP Muar also had a good night defeating Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (MBJB FC) 5-2 at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Muar.  
    
Mohd Alafi Mahmud scored a brace for the hosts with his goals coming in the 51st and 71st minutes while their other goals were supplied by Mohamad Syaiful Sabtu (76th), Mohd Azuwad Mohd Arip (90th) and Abdul Rayjal Abdul Jalil (91st).
    
MBJB's goals were provided by Azmi Sarmin in the 9th minute (penalty) and 92nd minute.
    
At the Pasir Gudang Stadium, Johor edged Sime Darby FC 2-1 with the club side the first to score through their Liberian import Sengbah Kennedy in the 5th minute but Fahruzzahar Ali neutralised the advantage in the 13th minute before Mohd Hamzani Omar netted the winner in the 54th minute.
    
Meanwhile, Universiti Sains Malaysia FC (USM FC) had a comfortable 3-1 victory over Harimau Muda B at USM's athletics stadium in George Town with their goals coming through S. Veenod (36th, 60th) and Muhammad Faizad Ghazali (57th) while Mohd Norhamizaref Hamid scored the consolation goal for the visitors in the 7th minute.   
    
However, Pos Malaysia were not so lucky. They lost 2-3 to Negeri Sembilan club side Betaria FC at the Selayang Stadium.
    
In the sole Super League match played tonight, Selangor PKNS were tied to a 2-2 draw against Sabah at the Petaling Jaya City Council Stadium.  
    
Both PKNS' goals were netted by their French import Mickael Nicoise Joseph (44th, 53rd) while Sabah's goals came through their Australian import  Michael William Baird in the 74th minute and an own goal by Mohd Helmi Remeli in the 82nd minute.
    

- Bernama