After their 1-1 draw against Marumo Gallants on Saturday at FNB Stadium, Kaizer Chiefs coach, Arthur Zwane accepted the setback, but reiterated the fact that they won't give up on their goal to finish second on the log.
In a game that Amakhosi could have won comfortably, they decided to revert back to their default settings.
They squandered good scoring opportunities, and gave Gallants a goal for an Easter present, courtesy of Edmilson Dove and Brandon Peterson.
Saturday night's draw might not be a complete train smash, but it came at a wrong time.
With Amakhosi on a four match winning streak, they would have loved to have made it five, especially taking into consideration the difficulty of their upcoming matches.
Chiefs still has to play SuperSport United, Cape Town City, and Sekhukhune United, three encounters that might prove difficult to win.
Zwane's thoughts on the game:
"I think the game became too easy for us when the we got the first goal," Zwane said after the game, as quoted by Times Live. https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/2023-04-09-we-keep-beating-ourselves-zwane-after-chiefs-costly-draw-against-gallants/
"After scoring we created three scoring chances but we did not take them again. Then we became sloppy at the back in terms of the build-up play.
"I was telling them we needed to move the ball a lot quicker because the more we put them under pressure the more likely we were to score.
"The miscommunication between Brandon and Dove gave them a goal they didn't deserve. They had two other chances and that was it. We had a number of chances to win this game."
On looking ahead, and why he won't give up:
"But having said that, we keep beating ourselves. We keep dropping points and letting ourselves down. For me this is one game where we could have got maximum points."
"There's five more games to play and anything can happen. There are a lot of teams fighting relegation and those who want to be in the top eight and there are no easy games for anyone.
"We could have grabbed maximum points on this one and it's one of those. We just have to go back and prepare ourselves for the next one, which is going to be after the cup [Nedbank Cup quarterfinal against Royal AM in Durban on Sunday] game.
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"We won't give up now. This is football and sometimes you find yourself in this situation. We always put ourselves in this situation where we could have made it much better for ourselves.
"It's all up to us and we still have to play SuperSport. It will test our character from now ."
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