Kaizer Chiefs co-coach Cedric Kaze has revealed what he told his players after their biggest Soweto Derby defeat in 25 years.
On Saturday, Amakhosi suffered a 3-0 loss to rivals Orlando Pirates in front of a sold-out crowd at FNB Stadium, their third successive loss in all competitions.
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The result also dented his side’s title ambitions, as they slipped to fifth place on the Betway Premiership log with 30 points, 11 points from the leading sides Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns but with a game in hand.
Kaze, who admitted his players didn’t have the right attitude in the derby, insisted they have to focus on hard work and winning the next games after disappointing the club’s fans.
“The only way to bounce back is to work,” Kaze stated.
“I just spoke to the players right now and I told them we have a very, very big debt on our fans. The only way to redeem ourselves is to pick up points in the next games.
“To go there and show that what happened today was an accident, even it was a derby, and it shouldn’t have arrived.
“But the only way is to keep our heads up, work very hard, go on the next games and try to pick up as much points as we can.”
Kaze also stated that they go back and do the basics right, focus on keeping a clean sheet like they have done so often in the first half of the campaign.
“The only way is to go back and to show the players and everyone what has worked before,” he added.
“Sometimes it’s not even complicated, you go basic things first, try first to defend better, to not concede goals.
“I’m pretty sure that in the first 15 games of the league we were a team that did not concede a lot of goals, I’m pretty sure that gives confidence as well to the players.
“But at the same time, we have to acknowledge that we have been a little bit unlucky with a lot of injuries, especially the players at the back, and you have to change the back every game, and that contributed as well to not having a good record.”
Chiefs have a first chance to redeem themselves when they will face Richards Bay in the Betway Premiership on Tuesday evening.
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