Kuala Lumpur (8 February, 2019): Universiti Kuala Lumpur pulverised Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) 11-0 to register their seventh consecutive win and consolidated their position at the top of the 2019 Malaysian Hockey Premier League Division at the Tengku Abdullah Stadium in Bangi today.

The 2018 overall champions, who had scored a narrow 2-1 win over UiTM in the first round of the league, topped pool with 22 points. The only blemish in UniKL’s unbeaten run was a 2-2 draws against Terengganu Hockey Team (THT) in regulation time of the Charity Shield on January 11 although THT went on to claim the shield 3-1 in penalty shootout.

Riding high in the early stage of the league earlier, THT suffered a shocking 2-1 loss against TNB Thunderbolts at the Tun Razak Hockey Stadium today, thus derailing the defending league champions bid of making a comeback to the top while Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) outclassed Nur Insafi 6-1 at the KLHA Stadium.

Whilst UniKL remained on top, TNB closed the gap with 21 points and THT struggled to stay third (13 points) followed by Maybank (12), Thunderbolts moved up to fifth spot (4) from bottom following the upset win over TNB, Nur Insafi in sixth (4) and UiTM rocked at the basement.

“I am very disappointed with our performance in the first half. The players took it easy and allowed UiTM too much of space. After a pep talk in the dressing room at half time they woke up to score as many goals as possible,” said UniKL coach Arul Selvaraj.

“We have a very important and tough match against TNB (Tenaga Nasional Berhad) on Sunday and we need to lift our game beginning with the first quarter itself. We cannot take it easy anymore,” he added.