Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi is confident the team will finisher higher on the Betway Premiership standings.
The Soweto giants suffered a 1-0 defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns at a sold out Lucas Moripe Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
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"It's true that it's a game that's going to live with some regrets because we feel that we had done enough to create some problems for the opponent," Nabi told SABC Sport after the game.
"Created opportunities, we even had more control of the game in the second half, but you know it's football and, in the end, you have to score and we believe that we deserved even a tie given the performance that we had.
"But this is football and we know that we have lost the points today. We have to go back and push ourselves and encourage our players for the next game."
While Chiefs did pick up another loss, the Tunisian coach did want to note the performance from his players.
"It's true that every time we lost it doesn't matter the performance we had when you lose a game. But what we need to take from this game it's the performance of the team," Nabi said.
"The tactical understanding of the team and improvement of players during the season. We know that the standings where we are on the log doesn't reflect the performance we have been having.
"But the standings is a temporary thing that's why where we are going to finish the season higher up. We are working hard and we know that the team is progressing and sometime going through good moments, bad moments but we know that the process of building, everything and we need to know the results are there to take us higher up the table."
