Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams has hit back at his critics and also defended Kaizer Chiefs shop stopper Brandon Petersen.
Williams received the Man of the Match award after making several crucial saves in his side’s 2-0 win over newly-promoted Milford FC.
After the match, Williams sent a message to his critics, and also defended other keepers in the league.
“We’ve been winning each and every game, but our department has been getting a lot of criticism because we’ve been conceding a lot of goals,” he said on SuperSportTV.
“We know how difficult it is, especially how we want our keepers to play. It can be easy for me just stand on my line and be a line goalkeeper, but that’s not what is required at a team like Sundowns.
“So I’m always involved, Ricardo [Goss], all the [keepers]. This is to our department, to Denis [Onango], Ricardo, to Ree [Pietersen], and especially to coach Kennedy.
“The criticism we’ve taken… and we just keep going. And not only here, it’s the whole league. I want Sipho Chaine to keep going, doing his best.
“Brandon Petersen, he was amazing last season, now he’s going through things but he will reach there again and that’s the nature of the beast.
“So I’m proud of all the keepers and I always encourage them to keep going and we must keep pushing our position even higher and higher. We changed how goalkeepers are being looked at now and I’m just glad. This is for all the goalkeepers.”