Hearts of Oak interim coach, David Ocloo has admitted that their aim of winning the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League is over.
The Phobians recorded their biggest defeat of the campaign on Sunday in their matchday 31 game against Medeama SC at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The Mauve and Yellow showed they meant business by opening the scoring in the 17th minute through Derrick Fordjour, but The Phobians levelled through a Salifu Ibrahim spot kick on 31 minutes.
Medeama restored their lead a minute later after Vincent Atinga converted a spot-kick.
Jonathan Sowah scored before the break to make it 3-1.
Hearts of Oak came into the second half strongly, but the visitors didn’t wilt under pressure as Sowah netted his second in the 84th minute to put the game beyond Ocloo’s boys.
Kwasi Donsu heaped more misery on the Phobians by scoring five minutes later to make it 5-1.
“Yeah, yeah, it is over. We play now to get a respectable position," Ocloo told StarTimes after the game.
Madeama leapfrogged Aduana to reach the summit of the league standings after annihilating the Premier League giants at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The Phobians are 7th on the league standings on 45 points, 8 points behind new leaders Medeama SC.
Hearts of Oak will be hosted by Legon Cities in the matchday 32 games at El Wak Stadium.