Arthur Zwane: Kaizer Chiefs players are human, they made costly mistakes

Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane believes his team’s most recent performance against Marumo Gallants left a lot to be desired.

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The Soweto giants scraped a 1-1 draw late in the game on Sunday, following a below-par display from Zwane’s men.

The coach laid the blame squarely at the players’ feet, as he did not see them implementing the plans they had practiced in the week leading up to the clash in Rustenburg.

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“Sometimes you plan for games and get it right, but because players are human beings we are still making similar, costly mistakes,” said Zwane, according to TimesLIVE.

“We knew they keep the ball and play it into space. But there were not too many clear-cut chances they created – they didn’t pose any danger. They just overload the middle.

“And from there one player makes a run for deep and then everyone is standing. We always say when there’s no pressure on the ball just drop and centre. The ball was going to come to one of our players.

“Four of them are just standing, and then we give them the opportunity to score. And then we are chasing the game, a game that we shouldn’t be chasing in terms of the way we exerted ourselves.

“We should have done better. I’m obviously disappointed because it’s one game I believe we could have done better in terms of collecting maximum points.”

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The draw leaves Kaizer Chiefs down in 14th place in the 16-team standings with just eight points after seven matches.

They will next be in action against in-form SuperSport United on Saturday, 17 September.

Kick-off is scheduled for 20:00.

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