NAIROBI, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Gor Mahia FC head coach, Dylan Kerr has accused Tunisian giants, Esperance de Tunis of unsportsmanlike conduct after the Kenyan champions were eliminated from the 2018 CAF Champions League.
The Briton also accused match referees of bias following their 1-0 loss at the Rades Stadium in Tunis during the second leg of their first round tie of the elite continental club competition.
A first half goal from Anice Badri was enough to give Esperance a 1-0 home win over Gor after a goalless first leg in Nairobi.
Gor, the record 16-time domestic champions will find out on Wednesday which team they will face in the CAF Confederations Cup play-offs having dropped to the second-tier continental showpiece following their exit.
Kerr blasted the Tunisian giants and two-time Champions League winners for poor sportsmanship while accusing one of his stars for failing to show up for the crunch tie at the Rades Stadium in Tunis.
"Sorry to Gor, my Chairman and my hard working players. Today (Sunday) I saw unreal things in football. We never gave up. We lost the game because at Machakos (Kenya) we didn't score. We battled even when two players were missing; one injured and the other no comment I tried, we tried," said Kerr who played for former English Premier League sides, Sheffield Wednesday FC, Leeds United FC and Reading FC.
"That was a hell of a game today. I watched it and how these guys overpower and take dives. They must now play in Kenya and get the same treatment, they acted like bullies and then run to protect the officials who I thought had a good game for them," Kerr said.
Despite the defeat, the performance was a marked improvement on the last meeting between the two sides in the 2014 Champions League where Gor lost the home leg 2-3 in Nairobi before being blanked 1-5 at the Rades for an embarrassing 3-8 aggregate mauling.
That was the first occasion the clubs had met since the finals of the defunct 1987 CAF Cup (Mandela Cup) where Gor became the first and only Kenyan side to win a continental title.
