Golden Arrows coach Manqoba Mngqithi says his side needs no motivation to take on Kaizer Chiefs in the Betway Premiership this weekend.
Amakhosi have started their season in fine form with three successive wins and a hard-fought goalless draw with reigning champions Mamelodi Sundowns in their last encounter, and remain the only team yet to concede a goal.
Arrows, meanwhile, kicked off their campaign with a defeat to new side Siwelele, but have since managed two wins and a draw, to head into Saturday’s game in fifth place on the league standings, just three adrift of Chiefs.
“Going into the Chiefs game, I don’t think it’s up to me to motivate them [my players], unlike the game against Magesi,” said Mngqithi in the Sowetan.
“Yes, it’s a motivation that we go to the Chiefs game after a win [against Magesi], but I think [for] the match [against Chiefs]…the level of motivation is naturally very high.
“Against Magesi, I had to dig very deep, just to make them [the team] understand the importance of getting the three points, but against Chiefs, the level of motivation [already] is very high.
“The thing we must try to control in them is anxiety, because when the motivation is that high, there’s a very big chance of anxiety, which is an enemy of good technical execution. When you are anxious, you can’t execute the way you want to.”