Sundowns win over Royal AM a little untidy - Manqoba Mngqithi

The Brazilians took the lead early in the first half when midfielder Sphelele Mkhulise scored in the sixth minute, while defender Khuliso Mudau added a second in the dying minutes of the match. 

The visitors pulled one back in stoppage time via Sbangani Zulu to make it a nervy finish, which Mngqithi was not pleased with.  

"I think we started the match quite well, from the very first minute I think we created a chance, and we scored a goal from a press that we worked on," said Mngqithi.

"It was very good to see Mkhulise scoring in that situation because I think it was exactly what we anticipated, but after scoring that goal I think we became a little bit casual.

"We were not neat, our game was very untidy, especially in the final third – I think we could have finished the game in the first half, had we just maybe stuck to the basics.

"There were many instances where that final pass from Peter [Shalulile], [Thembinkosi] Lorch, Lucas [Ribeiro], from almost all the offensive players we made some wrong decisions and poor technique sometimes.

"That kept the game alive, until a point we felt maybe it's important to change a little bit in the second half, and we brought in Neo [Maema] and [Siyabonga] Mabena, and I think that brought a bit of life into the game.

"Fortunately, with a very good pass that Neo played for Lucas, and Lucas to [Khuliso] Mudau, we managed to seal the game that really looked like it was going to be complicated in the latter stages because we were playing against a very good team."

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