After his side suffered a trouncing defeat to SuperSport United, Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi took time to apologize to the Khosi faithful by shifting the blame toward himself.
The Glamour Boys missed out on the chance to move back into the top after the 4-1 thrashing while Matsatsantsa completed a league double over Chiefs for the first time since the 2011/12 season though they remained in 12th spot.
After the game, Nabi was expressive on how fatigue took its toll on his players and also issued an apology to the club’s fans for the result.
“So, now I want to speak to the fans because I’m not someone who runs away from responsibility,” Nabi said post the match.
“I want to take this time to explain to them the situation and not necessarily to make excuses.
“It is true that today’s result hurts them and I’m also the first person that it hurts as well as them. This is not the game that they should use to judge their team or at least the potential of their team.
“This kind of accident happens in all championships and it can even happen that the score is higher than what we’ve seen today. It’s not possible to be a good team three days earlier and then three days after you are a weak team, it’s not possible.
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“As I said, we cannot always give excuses but I’m very understanding when it comes to my players and today I understood that they gave their best like in the previous games and they were tired.
“So, that’s the reason why I would ask you [the media] to be indulgent with the players as you have done it in the happy times, do it also in the difficult times.”
