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SUPERSPORT United coach Kaitano Tembo bemoaned his side’s sloppy defence after the 2-1 defeat to Kaizer Chiefs.
SuperSport suffered their first DStv Premiership of the season and Tembo admitted it was disappointing to see their unbeaten streak ended at the hands of their Gauteng rivals.
“I’m disappointed with the two goals we conceded,” the Matsatsantsa said.
“We didn’t track our runners. We were a little bit sloppy in our defending, especially the two centre-backs. They were a lot of cross runs in front of them. We didn’t manage our distances.
“I think we also had chances, especially in the first half. We had two chances. They could have slotted the ball in there.
“But look we just have to dust ourselves off and focus on the next game.
“We didn’t get behind them enough. We did it, but not enough. If you play a game like this, you’ve got to do that consistently. There were a lot of breaks in between in terms of our intensity. We were a bit sloppy and slow on transition when we could hurt them. Especially when Blom and Hlanti went high up. But we were not quick enough to capitalise on that.”
Tembo then turned his attention to their next match against Royal AM.
“All the games are not easy. We just have to forget about this and focus on the next game,” he concluded. – KickOff
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