Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro has responded those doubting the players' mentality after keeping their title hopes alive on Sunday.
A first-half brace from Relebohile Mofokeng helped the Buccaneers secure a 2-1 win over Betway Premiership leaders Mamelodi Sundowns.
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The Spanish tactician insists nothing has changed in the players' mentality all season.
"The mentality is fine; it's been fine all the time," Riveiro told SuperSport after the game.
"It's not about when the people question us or whether people have doubts. We're still in the same we were when we were winning games week in and week out.
"We don't change much, we know why we sometimes don't get the result we try to correct it and we move, that's football.
"That's life there's no time to you know that kind of reflection.
"We're an optimistic team, we try to be positive, we try to better sometimes and yes this is the prove."
The Buccaneers now sit 15 points behind Sundowns but they have played four games less heading into the international break.
