Royal AM head coach John Maduka has reflected on his side's first loss of the Betway Premiership season at the hands of Mamelodi Sundowns.
The side's four-game unbeaten record came tumbling down at Lotfus Versfeld after losing 2-1 to the defending champions on Wednesday night.
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Maduka bemoaned Royal AM's slow start but was pleased with how they were able to compete as the game went on.
"We started slow, unfortunately we made the mistake and you know Sundowns if you make a mistake, they wait for those moments and they punished us. After that I think we got better and better whenever we tried to play our game," Maduka told SuperSport after the game.
"We looked a little bit much better. The second-half we said let's try to push a little bit more forward so we can able to get some chances.
"But I think the boys did that. We had a couple of chances, even in the first-half. [Motebang] Sera had one that maybe he knew where he was, he was supposed to do better.
"Every time we tried to play the game we know we looked better, I'm proud of the boys, they put the hard work against Sundowns, apart from that mistake we did well. "
Yes, we didn't get the points we needed but I'm happy with the performance."
