Selangor's mission to bring home 3 full points was accomplished after the Red and Yellow squad managed to beat Sabah 2-1 at the Likas Stadium for the CIMB Liga Super 2020, last night.

Selangor dominated the game since the beginning of the match but Sabah managed to balance the game, making the score tied 0-0 for the first half.

The squad coached by B. Sathianathan continued to press hard on the hosts' defense but luck was not on their side as two-shot on goal attempts from Ifedayo Olusegun and Halim Saari hits Sabah's goal post.

Sabah's occasional effort to launch a counter-attack came in the 65th minute after an effort by their import player, Rodoljub Paunovic managed to beat Selangor goalkeeper, Mohd Khairulazhan Mohd Khalid and broke the deadlock.

Sabah's joy did not last long when a cross from K. Prabakaran in the 72nd minute failed to be cleared by Sabah’s goalkeeper, Wan Azraie before Ifedayo Olusegun quickly turned and capitalized the chance to tie the score at 1-1.

Syazwan Zainon, who was subbed in early at the start of the second half, brilliantly made a cross from the right flank to open space for Ifedayo Olusegun to beat the Sabah’s goalkeeper second-time last night and bagged his brace in the 81st minute.

The 2-1 scoreline remained until the final whistle, giving Selangor a second victory for this season and eliminating the unbeaten record of the Rhinos at the Likas Stadium.??Speaking to reporters after the match, the Red Giants’ head coach, B.Satiananthan praised the fighting spirit shown by his boys, after not giving up even though they are trailing.??

"I have trust and confidence in my players. That day when they play against PJ City, they didn’t give up. We should praise their fighting spirit because even during training they showed it, they want to win today, they want to win again for the next match, in order to bring Selangor to a better league position, ” Satiananthan commented.

"We were unlucky with PJ City, and now I can see the spirit of the players is very different. After conceding one goal, usually, other teams will be broken, but not Selangor," he continued.

The victory gave 3 valuable points to the Red Giants and puts them 4th in the league, collecting 9 points from 6 matches, 1 point behind Terengganu FC in the second place and 7 points behind the league leader, JDT.