Kaizer Chiefs interim coach Cavin Johnson has sought to downplay Saturday night’s 2-1 victory in the DStv Premiership against Supersport United at the Peter Mokaka stadium in Polokwane, by reminding the team that they must still improve in some departments.
Christian Saile and Mduduzi Shabalala scored both Chiefs goals, while Terrence Dzvukamanja converted from the spot to give Supersport their consolation goal.
This was Chiefs first win in the previous five league matches which include 4 losses. The win has also seen Chiefs ascend to eight position in the league from 10th. Despite breaking the winning drought Johnson said he’s not relieved.
“No, I don’t think anybody should be relieved. There are still five games left to go. We, as Kaizer Chiefs, are not relieved with that. If it were the other way around, fine wins and then today we had a draw, then maybe we would be upset.
“I think we have just turned a little bit of a corner. We just need to prepare ourselves better for the next game,” highlighted Johnson. Johnson however applauded the team for sticking to the game plan.
“We played according to the plan. We knew the type of game we are going to have that it was going to be a very physical game. At the same time, all games are physical, but we took our chance in the first half very well. Saile scored a good goal. In the second half, we also scored a good goal. We won the game but saying that they also hit the crossbar and they got a penalty,” explained the interim coach.
Chiefs will now face Mamelodi Sundowns on Thursday night in a league match at the FNB stadium.
