Stuart Baxter Chiefs

It’s been a struggle this DStv Premiership season for Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs. Photo: Dirk Kotze/BackpagePix

Stuart Baxter highlights just ONE of Kaizer Chiefs’ current problems

Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter has expressed his unhappiness at his side’s slow start – not for the first time – to their match against Marumo Gallants on Sunday.

Stuart Baxter Chiefs

It’s been a struggle this DStv Premiership season for Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs. Photo: Dirk Kotze/BackpagePix

Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter has expressed his unhappiness at his side’s slow start – not for the first time – to their match against Marumo Gallants on Sunday which ultimately ended in a goalless draw.

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Amakhosi only clicked into gear in the final 20 minutes with Erick Mathoho forcing a fine reaction save out of Marumo Gallants goalkeeper Washington Arubi and Daniel Cardoso heading wide from a corner after finding himself unmarked in the box.

Prior to that it was Marumo Gallants who were the team dictating matters for large parts of the match and who had the only real attempts on goal.

Post-match, Stuart Baxter, not for the first time this season, once again bemoaned his side’s sluggish start.

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“I think it was a very difficult game for either team to make any headway. I think as I said before the game I think set-plays were going to be a way of winning the game. I wasn’t happy with our intensity in the first half and with our possession,” the Amakhosi mentor told SuperSport TV.

“Halftime we changed it. Brought Bernard on, Lebogang was a bit short in the tank. Bernard gave us a little bit extra, arrived in the box a little bit more, secured the ball around their box. I think we played better. As you say they had those clear-cut chances. It was a difficult one.

“I think at times we did perform better. The first 20 minutes against Royal there was nothing wrong. We gave away a silly goal and go on the backfoot and chase the game and lose the plot.

“Tonight second half I think we made a bit more progress. We were a bit more solid at the back apart from a couple of set plays where Daniel’s helped us out like their keeper helped them out.

“I think we’ve played more like the way we can play if we’re going to start winning games the longer the game went on. Our possession got sharper, our backline was higher and braver. We got balls into their box, we were threatening whereas for long periods against Royal we weren’t threatening.

“But we still want to win games. We don’t want to play 0-0,” Stuart Baxter concluded.

Kaizer Chiefs are down in 13th place in the DStv Premiership standings after five matches with just five points thanks to a win, two defeats and two draws.

They will next be in action away against AmaZulu on Saturday, 2 October at 15:30.

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