THEY SAID IT . . .
“We started the game on the back foot as Chiefs, and let’s give them credit, dominated us for the first 15 to 20 minutes in a way that they scored the opening goal. That served as a wake-up call. Then we had that penalty that Khune saved.
That could have served as an injection of motivation and it could have cracked us mentally. But credit to the players, we showed mental strength, we did not lose our heads. It was important in those moments to switch on.
We answered with our performance, we cut their supply lines, we cut their flanks and we stamped authority in the midfield. I do want to appreciate the character of the players who still believed we could win the game despite missing the penalty.” Winning coach Milutin Sredojevich after Orlando Pirates came from behind to floor Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday. “I agree that in the last games we haven’t collected points and that is not good enough for Kaizer Chiefs. But, in my opinion, we have the potential to win several matches in a row.
There is no reason we cannot win three, four or five games in a row. This is such a balanced league that if you do that, you go right up the table.
The league is a long way from being over. The season only ends in May.” Kaizer Chiefs coach Giovanni Solinas after the derby defeat.