AmaZulu coach Benni McCarthy refused to discuss the controversial late penalty awarded against his team in the 1-1 draw with Kaizer Chiefs at Kings Park.
"We were not very smart by trying to run down the clock to maintain the lead because Chiefs were throwing a lot of numbers forward and then a loss of concentration. But it was a fantastic performance from the boys. You can't fault them."
ALSO READ: Disappointing day for Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates as they both draw their games Luvuyo Memela’s 47th-minute strike had looked to be enough for AmaZulu to take all three points off Chiefs with McCarthy's gameplan working a charm until the very end. "We said if we marganalise our mistakes and we don't gift them give aways they won't get into this game because they don't have the quality to open us up, and to break through us to create goalscoring opportunities," he said.Benni McCarthy shares his thoughts on AmaZulu's draw with Chiefs and the stoppage-time penalty his side conceded."We have seen from the last few games that they are still finding their feet so I knew it was a disadvantage for them.
"They had a central midfielder Njabulo Ngcobo playing in midfield with Cole Alexander, which is very defensive. We therefore wanted to use our mobility to pick up balls to feed the strikers and it worked very well as we played the one-touch football to get behind them. That's how we scored our goal to go 1-0 up and we could have gone 2-0 up as well, but a good save from the goalkeeper.