Hunt rues draw with Downs

Gavin Hunt says it was a positive sign his Bidvest Wits players were visibly disappointed after a 1-1 draw at champions Mamelodi Sundowns on Sunday.

Hunt and his players felt table-topping Wits should have won the match at Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria.

“We are disappointed‚ come on‚ let’s be honest‚” Hunt said after Wits took a one-point lead at the summit of the Absa Premiership log standings.

“Even Pitso [Mosimane] said we were the better side‚ we should have won‚ we had all the opportunities. But we gave away a silly goal and I thought‚ ‘Oh well‚ it’s going to be one of those days’, but we came back. But we didn’t deserve a draw‚ we deserved to win. I thought we were good.

“We hit the post in the first 90 seconds and then their keeper [Denis Onyango] made a good save in the first half.

“Usually those would both have been goals. We had a lot of opportunities around the box that we didn’t take.

“Disappointing … disappointing. But it’s a good sign that we are disappointed. “For a team to come here and get a point is good. “We’ve had Chiefs‚ Pirates‚ Sundowns and Cape Town City away from home and got three wins a draw.

“Those are great results.” Wits are on 17 points from nine games‚ one more than Orlando Pirates, who have played 10 games.

Kaizer Chiefs sit third with 14 points from 10 games with Sundowns in seventh spot with 11 points but two matches in hand on Wits.

Hunt said their tactics had been not to play with any width and said his idea had been proven right.

That meant a first appearance of the new season for Lehlohonolo Majoro‚ who teamed up with Simon Murray in attack‚ and also a rare run for Keegan Ritchie in midfield.

“He’s a brilliant midfielder‚ but he’s played left back all his career‚” he said of the scorer of Bidvest Wits’ stunning 67thminute equaliser from a dipping free kick.