THEY SAID IT . . .

“I thought we had a good first half, we should have got two or three goals which would have made life easy. In the second half, we almost made things difficult for ourselves, we need to develop a killer instinct where you distance the opponent from a hope of thinking that they can equalise.” Kaizer Chiefs coach Steve Komphela after his side laboured to a 2-1 Nedbank Cup win over Stellenbosch on Saturday.

"The title race is in Sundowns' hands. They have a four-point lead, it's for them to lose the league. Pirates are in a fantastic situation at the moment. They have transformed the team, but I think Sundowns have the experience and the know-how to win the league. It's for them to lose the league." Maritzburg United coach Fadlu Davids reckons Mamelodi Sundowns are favourites to win the PSL this season.

"When you are in the difficult moment and you have a run of results which go against you, you need to look at yourself and find the way out. We had a big result in Milan and I thought we carried this determination today against a very good side. It was not as easy as the score says because we scored those goals in the right moments." Arsenal goalie Petr Cech after keeping an EPL record 200th clean sheet in a 3-0 win over Watford on Sunday.

"The referee kept asking Hershel for his name, to which he replied 'Watt'. The conversation then continued along the lines of: 'Name?', 'Watt', 'NAME?' 'Watt' … after a few seconds, the frustrated official clearly felt the mick was being taken and produced a red card. At this point Hemel skipper Jordan Parkes joined the conversation and, with the player, explained that his name was indeed Watt and no mickey was being taken. The referee, to his credit then realised the error, saw the funny side and reversed his decision. He then trotted over to our bench and to East Thurrock's to explain." Hemel Hempstead Town match reporter Allan Mitchell on an amusing incident in which the referee thought Hemel player Sanchez Watt was making fun of him.