Both sides shared the spoils with neither side able to find the back of the net at Chatsworth Stadium.
The result left City in contention for a top-eight place, in seventh on the standings with two games to play. Stellies are down in 10th, five points afrift of their recent oppnents.
Reflecting on the game, a downbeat Dladla said on IOL: “They were really organised defensively and hard to break down. They got really physical as well.
“I think we were a bit anxious and wasn’t calm inside the box. We created a lot of chances inside their box but we never took those.
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“Honestly, that is something we need to work on as a team. We going to have to go back to the drawing board and spend a lot of time there.
“Defensively, I think we are one of the best teams but upfront we need to find some alignment.
“We are a team that should have won by at least 1-0 because of how well we defended but moving forward we have to work with our forwards during training,” said the head coach.