Bafana player ratings: Foster shines on a gut-wrenching night to forget

South Africa played out to a 2-2 draw against Liberia in an Afcon qualifier - a match they should have won.

That did not go as Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos had planned.

The men's senior national team will have to go through the challenging route to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Ivory Coast in January and February next year.

Bafana let slip a two-goal cushion against Liberia on Friday in Soweto at Orlando Stadium, in a match, the home side should have finished off as early as the 60th minute after all the chances they had squandered.

Lyle Foster scored a brace in the first half, but plucky Liberia responded in the second half with two goals via Tonia Tisdell and Mohammed Sangare.

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The draw felt like a defeat, and the confidence will undoubtedly take a knock as the national team boards a plane on Saturday for Liberia.

Bafana will meet with Liberia again on Tuesday (18:00) at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia.

Here's how I rated the Bafana players:

Ronwen Williams: 5

The Bafana skipper was at fault for Liberia's first goal as he did not correctly position his one-person wall from the free-kick. He was also off his line as Tisdell snuck in a strike from an acute angle through the defence. Williams was not tested much in the game and could not do much about Sangare's venomous equaliser.

Thapelo Morena: 5

You could not fault the Sundowns' wing-back as he showed his quality in attack. His searching pass to Tau was the kind of quality Bafana had been missing from a right back in recent memory. However, the player could have done more when Liberia netted their second goal. Instead of closing down the