KAIZER Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp was left ruing his side’s missed chances after the 1-0 defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns at Orlando Stadium on Thursday evening.
The slender win for Sundowns moves them level on points with top-of-the-table Chiefs, who lead the standings by virtue of a superior goal difference of plus six.
Bernard Parker had a golden opportunity to give the Amakhosi the lead after being played through one-on-one with the keeper in the opening exchanges, but he fluffed his lines at the crucial moment.
And in the second half, Dumisani Zuma and Eric Mathoho came close but it was not to be as despite Chiefs enjoying over 70 percent of the possession in the second half and an overwhelming amount of the territory, they were not able to find the back of the net, something which left Middendorp tearing his hair out about at the post-match press conference.
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