Cape Town Spurs interim coach Sean Connor believes they gave Kaizer Chiefs too much respect on Wednesday evening.
The Urban Warriors were unable to build on their win over Orlando Pirates after losing 3-2 to the Soweto giants.
The caretaker coach felt the slow start was to blame for the side's undoing, despite Chiefs being in a 'bad way' coming into the clash.
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"For me started poorly, we spoke to the players when they came in, the warm up was excellent, we were confident going out but you cannot give a team like Kaizer Chiefs, who were, let's face it, above players, can't give them a two-goal lead," Connor told SuperSport after the game.
"What I liked after that is that we showed a bit of faith, we got ourselves back in the game and I think in the second-half we were a far better team. We hit the crossbar, half an inch and that's in, it's a totally different game.
"We were slow, we worked on a high press, we were stepping off, we dropped back too deep, we gave them too much respect," he said.
Connor added that it is his job to get the team back on track, as they look to move off the foot of the table.
"That's my job, my job is to go pick them up. Look, we've just come off Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs, we've got three points in the bag, I don't think a lot of people would have given us those three points, so that's the positive we've got to take," he said.
"The way we finished the game is a positive we've got to take. My job is to refocus, look at the mistakes, look back and see why we started so poorly and make the changes necessary," he added.
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