Kaizer Chiefs assistant coach Khalil Ben Youssef has singled out three players for praise after the victory over Sekhukhune United.
The Soweto giants got back to winning ways in the Betway Premiership after defeating Sekhukhune 1-0 on Sunday afternoon.
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Youssef hailed the impact of Vilakazi, who bagged the winning goal late in the second half.
"I think firstly I have to say congratulations to all the players, really it was the will of the players today, they did it everything right, like we said we played very (in other games) and in this game we played very well, we made a lot of opportunities to score," Ben Youssef told SuperSport.
"Even in this game, in the first-half we made a lot of opportunities, we were unlucky. In the second-half we sent a message, because in every game in the second-half we take a lot of risks. But in this game we decided (not to risk), if we don't score, we don't lose.
"Like we said, we need a player like Vilakazi to get this opportunity to score for us, congratulations to the fans and maybe they will forgive us about the last loss against Golden Arrows," the Tunisian coach said.
"Now we have to prepare for the next game, cup game, we need to start to prepare, now we enjoy then tomorrow we start to think about the next game.
"We told the players to get the three points the most important thing is to stay focused, also focus not to concede and I'm sure we will score. Substitutions we made because some players felt tired. This game the players gave us solutions, Vilakazi gave us the three points."
Samkelo Zwane picked up the Man of the Match award and the Chiefs coach felt along with George Matlou, they were the best players on the pitch.
"To be honest with you our young players perform very well, the problem is we have to protect them because there's a lot of pressure," Ben Youssef went on.
"Zwane we discussed with him a lot at training, sometimes he gets angry like he is our son, this game he got his chance, he did well, I think he was one of the best players in this game, him and George Matlou.
"Matlou came back one year without playing, he comes back step by step, we have to protect our players, congratulations to all the players," the Tunisian mentor added.
