Red-Hot Ghanaian forward Joseph Paintsil dazzled once again in the Belgium Jupiler Pro League on Sunday evening at KAA Gent for KRC Genk.
The Ghana International scored his 10th goal of the season in the Belgium top-flight when his team came from a goal down to beat Gent 3-2 on the road.
Hyun-Seok Hong scored the opening goal of the match to put the hosts 1-0 up nine minutes after kick off with a fine goal to send Genk’s supporters into wild jubilation.
Paintsil restored parity for KRC Genk halfway through the opening 45 minutes of the match to make it 1-1 on the 23rd minute mark.
The first half of the match didn’t another goal after Paintsil’s goal as it ended 1-1 at the break.
Collins Sor on the 67th mark and Toluwalase Arokodare’s 86th minutes strikes gave the visitors a comfortable 3-1 lead with four minutes left on the clock.
Laurent Depoitre scored few minutes later to make the final score 3-2 as the leaders, Genk walked home with all three points.
The former Tema Youth FC player had played 20 games this season in the Belgium Jupiler Pro League and has nine assists with 10 goals to his name.