City sneak past Chiefs in thriller

JUDAS Moseamedi scrambled home a dramatic last gasp winner to keep Cape Town City top of the table as they handed Kaizer Chiefs’ hopes a hammer blow in a dramatic 3-2 triumph at the Cape Town Stadium last night.

It was a scrambled goal in a match characterised by quality finishes and horror misses.

Moseamedi finished off a flick on fellow substitute Sibusiso Masina to score three minutes into stoppage time after City had led 2-1 at half-time.

Aubrey Ngoma and Lebogang Manyama scored two brilliant goals for City in the first half but goalkeeping errors from ShuAib Walters allowed Chiefs to twice come back through Siphiwe Tshabalala and Joseph Molongoane. City now have a two point lead at the head of the standings but have also played two more matches than Mamelodi Sundowns, who moved up to second. Chiefs have just five games left.

Both sides had efforts on goal in the opening six minutes, first Molongoane for Chiefs and then City’s hard-working midfielder Roland Putsche. A free kick after eight minutes was a first chance for Putsche to test Chiefs’ new goalkeeper Brian Bvuma. But Putsche put his effort wide.

In the 16th minute, Ngoma picked up the ball some 25m out, glided through the Chiefs defence and then chipped Bvuma from a tight angle.

The lead lasted all of four minutes as City made the error of allowing Tshabalala with space and the Chiefs’ skipper chipped with his left foot over Walters, who was caught out of position.

In the 35th minute Manyama put the ball past George Maluleka and then hammerred home from an angle.

In the second half Molongoane took up the offer after a square pass from Gustavo Paez in the 72nd minute who pulled the goalkeeper off his line and then easily went around them. Moseamedi then fired hosts to a win in stoppage time.

● The results of other PSL matches last night were: Mamelodi Sundowns 2 v Ajax Cape Town 0; Bloem Celtic 1 v Highlands Park 1; Bidvest Wits 0v SuperSport United 1; and Polokwane City 3 v Golden Arrows 1.