Asante Kotoko coach Maxwell Konadu has expressed his delight after beating arch-rivals Hearts of Oak 2-1 at the Accra Sports stadium on Sunday on match day six of the Ghana Premier League.
The 47-year-old continued his dominance over Hearts as a coach as the Porcupine Warriors condemned the Phobians to their second home defeat of the season.
Justice Blay gave the visitors the lead in the 11th minute before Joseph Esso equalised for the Phobians after the recess.
But Naby Keita's late penalty secured the maximum points for Asante Kotoko.
"I know the team (Hearts) quite too well but I must be honest, this time around they have a very solid team," coach Konadu said in the post match interview.
"When the game is getting tough, there are so many tricks and stuffs we bring on board. If you could see in the last minute I was signalling my goalkeeper to try something else because we were leading and we needed to do something to kill the game off.
He added, "But we can't tell the public whatever we try to do. Somebody can go in intentionally get some penalty so something, just try something and these are the small small tricks when the going gets tough, you have to deploy and when it works for you, you carry the day."
"It wasn't an easy match and I must say Hearts have a good team but my team is also picking up and we have to congratulate the team."