Chiefs coach goes easy on defender Ngezana after horror show: Others will makes those mistakes

Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane had words of encouragement for defender Siyabonga Ngezana, who was directly culpable for the first two goals AmaKhosi conceded in their 4-0 loss against Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday.

Ngezana's soft back pass was intercepted by Gaston Sirino to open the scoring for Sundowns, from where Ngezana then fouled Peter Shalulile for the penalty that led to Sundowns' second goal.

That meant Sundowns led 2-0 inside 17 minutes without having to do much in terms of creating goal scoring opportunities.

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Ngezana was shell-shocked and was taken off at half-time by Zwane, but the damage had been done by then.

Zwane admitted that Ngezana, who scored in a 2-1 win against Sundowns at the same ground in 2017 when Chiefs were still coached by Steve Komphela, carried a slight knee niggle that affected his confidence.

"If you look at how it happened, those mistakes took place early in the game and from there, he couldn't recover," Zwane said.

"It was unlike him and he is one player that from a defensive perspective, he's one of our best one-versus-one player in those situations.

"When you look at the fourth goal when Sundowns went down the line, Siya is very good in those situations.

"He just wasn't himself in this game and I also think it was a knee issue. He said wasn't 100 percent, but he was going to give his best.

"He wasn’t himself, he wasn't at his best and the error he committed killed his confidence. These things happen in football.

"Many other players will commit those mistakes and we'll move on. He mustn't worry about that mistake."

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