Hearts of Oak returned to winning ways with a 2-0 win over King Faisal on matchday 23 at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Samuel Boadu and his players needed to win to keep their title ambitions alive after picking just one point in their last two games.
After a barren first half, striker Kojo Obeng Junior broke the deadlock in the 57th minute with the easiest task of directing a cut back pass into the net from 5 yards.
The forward nearly doubled the lead with a powerful strike but Ibrahim Danlad produced a good save to deny him a 2nd goal.
But two minutes later, substitute, Daniel Afriyie slotted home after collecting a pass from Salifu Ibrahim.
