Paul-Andre Walker, Staff Reporter
King ... scored the lone goal for Harbour View. - FILE
WHILE HARBOUR View have continued to tell the rest of the Wray and Nephew National Premier League to catch up after Sunday's 1-0 win over Reno at Harbour View Mini Stadium, they did show some chinks in their armour.
Harbour View earned three points from the home encounter after Kevin King's 41st-minute strike, but could have lost had Reno been more accurate in front of goal.
The Stars of the East have only lost twice this season, and only let in six goals and their coach, Donovan Hayles, says he is not completely happy.
"When you get tough in defence you might give up two chances and it's still mentally tough for oppositions, but I'm not comfortable with the chances that we're giving up," said Hayles, speaking of two clear chances that Reno muffed.
In Sunday's second-half, Reno showed that they were a team to be reckoned with and had it not been for poor efforts on the part of Fabian Blake, things could have been different.
Blake was the recipient of two good through balls that put him one on one with Harbour View's custodian Ryan Thompson.
On both occasions, Blake was flustered by the pressure of approaching defenders and kicked both shots harmlessly wide.
"The game is always going to be about the percentage of opportunities that you convert. I thought we got two lovely opportunities in the second half by the same player, one on one with the 'keeper on both occasions and he didn't put them away, but by nature this is the way things are going to go sometimes," said Reno coach Bradley Stewart.
HONEST EFFORT
"Overall it was a honest effort on the part of my team," he added, referring to the second half where his team dominated midfield, and by extension possession.
Earlier in the game Harbour View (39) showed why they are 11 points ahead of their nearest rivals, Waterhouse.
They put the ball down well and passed with a fluidity that spelt danger at every turn.
Marcelino Blackburn looked especially competent at midfield and Jermaine Taylor, along with the experienced William Richards, looked comfortable in defence.
However, they also failed to do very much in front of goal and could have been shut out had it not been for Blackburn, who robbed a defender of the ball to find King inside the box.
King's task of tapping the ball past the hapless goalkeeper was easy.
Before that though, a cross from Luton Shelton and one from Ricardo Smith were both knocked wide by Palmer, which could have put the home team in some trouble had it not been for King's first half strike.
