CHIEFS NO SLOUCHES
in all competitions until the cup defeat at FNB Stadium last weekend.
Amakhosi also had numerous glorious chances to win against City but their poor finishing let them down.
SuperSport have now won two in two, but it hasn’t been convincing considering they beat Chiefs on penalties and benefited from a horrendous defensive error for Phala to score the winning goal against Wits.
“Our confidence took a knock,” says Phala as he recalls the three successive league defeats to Baroka FC and twice against cross-town rivals Mamelodi Sundowns.
“It was difficult to motivate everyone after losing to Baroka and having two games a week made it difficult to immediately bounce back.
“We were going for a record (20 games unbeaten in the league) and they spoiled that.
“Then we went to Sundowns and defended badly and lost 5-0, but we showed signs of bouncing back when we lost 1-0 a week later.
“We probably deserved a point at least.
“We worked on our defence and it is showing that we are very solid andour finishing is also getting better.”
Chiefs, fourth on the log and four points behind the leaders, were hopeful of seeing goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune return to action against SuperSport after a hip injury ruled him out of the trip to Cape Town midweek.
Bruce Bvuma, 21, deputised for the experienced Khune and had a baptism of fire.
Khune’s retur n would bring calmness at the back while Bvuma, although there was not much he could do about the three goals that went past him on Tuesday, certainly made Chiefs fans a little tense.
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