I will talk the talk of Pirates – Pitso

After surrendering the top spot in the Absa Premiership standings to Orlando Pirates on the back of a 2-1 defeat at Cape Town City on Tuesday night, Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane says he will adopt his Soweto counterpart Micho Sredrejovic’s cautious approach in declaring their title ambitions.

“I will talk the talk of Pirates because I think they are talking a good game. They say ‘We are not focusing on winning the league, we will take it can game-by-game’, so I am going to talk that talk now,” said Mosimane.

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The Downs coach says it is expected that teams will keep changing place at the top of the table. However, he insists his team did not deserve to end up on the losing side against City.

“It is part of it, there are eight games to go, it is still a long way. We played well, and if Themba Zwane had scored the one that came off the post it would have been a different story. If Langerman had controlled the ball before he shot too quickly, it would have been a different story but those stories don’t mean anything, it is just talk. We must convert.

“We probably deserved a draw, we didn’t deserve to lose. There was never a problem, we closed all the angles of Siphelele Mthembu, he was playing outside the box, switching play from left to right. We didn’t have a problem with Riyaad Norodien, we didn’t have a problem with the dribbler, Surprise Ralani. We stopped Thato Mokeke from making the passes. But we lost the match when we did everything. It is part of the beautiful game,” Mosimane said.

He added: “We controlled the game, Hlompho Kekana showed why he is my midfielder of the year. I know that when there are PSL awards he doesn’t get any. He has been a contender for five years.
“Who has gone five years with him? Nobody… and he doesn’t win it, he is just nominated. When you look at him you ask yourself ‘who is going to replace him?'”

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