Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane says his side was always chasing the game after conceding early in their 2-0 loss to Cape Town City on Tuesday.
Darwin Gonzalez opened the scoring for the Citizens after just five minutes at the Cape Town Stadium before Nathan Fasika secured the points with his goal on 62 minutes.
The result left Amakhosi in 10th place on the DStv Premiership standings with two wins and three losses from their opening five games.
Speaking after the match, a disappointed Zwane told SuperSport: “We obviously started very slow, very sloppy at the back. We actually planned for this, the only thing that we didn’t do right was to execute the plan.
“Before they got the goal we had sort of a warning and still the guys couldn’t read it you know and we conceded too early in the game and once you concede too early, now you’re unsettled, you’re chasing the game.
“They dictated terms, now we looked like we’re back in the game but we just did not get it right first-half. Second half we came back a different team you know. We were just unfortunate not to score one that could have maybe brought us back into the game.”
Next up for Chiefs is an MTN8 quarter-final clash with Stellenbosch at the weekend.
Zwane added: “And a few chances we created we couldn’t take them and we conceded from a dead-ball situation again which is something you’re trying to avoid, we know they going to play far post there usually they play it far post.
“And when you’re chasing the game like that we were bound to concede the third one but the boys gave their best, unfortunately we couldn’t score and let in two goals. So ja we’ll learn from this game and move on.”