Mngqithi says Sundowns are victims of defending

Mamelodi Sundowns‘ Manqoba Mngqithi sounds unhappy but what else can the opposition do besides tight defending against the dangerous champions?

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DSTV PREMIERSHIP: MAMELODI SUNDOWNS GRAB LATE WINNER AT CHIPPA UNITED

As The South African website reported on Wednesday night, the 2016 African champions nearly collected a second draw in seven games but the invincible Peter Shalulile had a stoppage-time winner to score.

90th minute, scores level, can we find a winner? 👀

Peter Shalulile: "Yes" 😎#Sundowns #DStvPrem pic.twitter.com/fJCKB9bR1R

— Mamelodi Sundowns FC (@Masandawana) September 8, 2022

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Much of the game saw thorough dominance from the visitors but Daine Klate’s Chilli Boys were rather well-organised on the night, with the coach saying there was no way of going toe-to-toe with a team of Sundowns’ individual class.

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MNGQITHI UNDERLINES DEFENSIVE TACTICS AGAINST HIS TEAM

“It’s what we always anticipate, that we are going to have more than 80 percent of matches played with a very low block, and this is what has been happening throughout the seasons,” Mngqithi told SuperSport TV after the game.

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“Sometimes even some of the big teams resort to this strategy against us and we are always preparing our team for that, and we do create the opportunities we want because our wish is always to break the game down very early, which I think is what happened against Kaizer Chiefs, so then they must come out [of the low block to attack].

“When you are not scoring, the game looks like it’s very difficult. We had 80 percent ball possession today, or more. In the final third, I think we had more than 90 percent possession, which is very good.

“The number of passes, shots at goals, everything suggested we should have scored more but, when you are not scoring it looks like what the opposition is doing is very good, yet the defensive structure was not at its best – the chance Tebza got in the first half could have easily decided the match from the beginning because then things open up.

“But this is what we know for a fact that we will face throughout the season, it will only change maybe from the quarterfinals of the Champions League, but we know this is what we have to expect.”

– Sundowns co-coach Manqoba Mngqithi.

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