Kaizer Chiefs head coach Molefi Ntseki shared his thoughts on his side being denied a late penalty against Mamelodi Sundowns.
Chiefs' trophy drought will continue after they were bundled out of the MTN8 by the Brazilians after losing 2-1 in the second leg of their semi-final.
One of the big talking points came late in the second half when Chiefs felt they should have been awarded a second penalty for Thapelo Maseko's apparent foul on Mduduzi Mdantsane.
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"Unfortunately we can't change that decision but one can tell it was a penalty, we were (supposed) to be given that penalty because he tackled him from behind and as a result it's a penalty, it's inside the box. It is contact inside the box, it is supposed to be a penalty," Ntseki told SuperSport after the game.
"But unfortunately Kaizer Chiefs is on the losing side and Sundowns has won this game where we were supposed to get a penalty.."
Ntseki also revealed what he told the players at halftime after Sundowns restored their lead just before the break.
"The most important thing, at half-time you've got little time to talk about the past but what is important is to motivate the team going forward because we could not reverse what happened in the first-half," he continued.
"What was important was for us coming into the second-half, I think they did put a good shift in the second-half, it's just unfortunate that the chances we created in the second-half again we could not convert those chances.
"But I think on the balance of play we imposed ourselves more in the second-half but congratulations to Sundowns. I think we wanted it more and in terms of our preparations going into this game we were fully aware that it's a game that we have to take to Sundowns," he said.
"Unfortunately like I said, conceding so early but I think towards the end in the critical phase again, we had very anxious moments of us getting the goal and the spirit was good and I think the belief from the players that we can still get the goal, it was good.
"The subs that we also made they lifted our game. I must say in terms of effort the players did well," he added
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