Chiefs’ boss Molefi Ntseki backs Brandon Petersen despite howler
August 10, 2023
Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Brandon Petersen has received the backing of his coach Molefi Ntseki after his last-minute clanger gifted champions Mamelodi Sundowns the winner in their PSL clash at Lucas Moripe Stadium on Wednesday.
Peterson made the high-profile blunder in the 90th minute as Neo Maema’s shot went through his hands and into the goals to give Sundowns a 2-1 win. Earlier however he had been responsible for multiple saves that had kept his side in the game.
Speaking after the game Ntseki made a point of showing support for his keeper. Addressing the media, he said: “Things like this do happen in football. If you were to count how many times he came out to save the team will nullify the mistakes he made that led to the goals.
“Anything that happens in the game of football is a team effort. If you were to look back and try to trace where the first mistake was made it is not only about him letting the goal, but the whole team made the mistake and that’s how we conceded.”
Ntseki pointed out the first goal his side conceded had also came from a mistake. “The mistake we made that led to the first goal is that they applied a high line and we wanted to play through the midfield.
“With the confidence we have on him helping us to play from the back, that’s why the ball was played to Castillo.
“But I think Sundowns were organized in applying a high press on him. I think he is one quality player that has shown in the past that he is understanding, he is intelligent on the ball.
“We know Sundowns is a possession-based type of a team and when you look at our starting 11 we plan around having very quick forwards to put pressure on their defence and goalkeeper when they start playing from the back.
“Unfortunately, we couldn’t consistently apply the plan in terms of putting pressure on them.
“But the positive is that if you look at the structure we had, it worked out not giving them the space between the lines in the second half applying more pressure on the ball which led to them making mistakes which gave us chances to score.
“We stayed in the game despite the fact that we didn’t play our normal match, mentally we were very strong and also defending as a team which was very important.”
As much as Ntseki retains a positive outlook his side already finds themselves five points adrift of last season’s champions. Sundowns have six points from two wins in their two games thus far, while Chiefs have a single point from their opening-day draw.
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Chiefs’ boss Molefi Ntseki backs Brandon Petersen despite howler
Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Brandon Petersen has received the backing of his coach Molefi Ntseki after his last-minute clanger gifted champions Mamelodi Sundowns the winner in their PSL clash at Lucas Moripe Stadium on Wednesday.
Peterson made the high-profile blunder in the 90th minute as Neo Maema’s shot went through his hands and into the goals to give Sundowns a 2-1 win. Earlier however he had been responsible for multiple saves that had kept his side in the game.
Speaking after the game Ntseki made a point of showing support for his keeper. Addressing the media, he said: “Things like this do happen in football. If you were to count how many times he came out to save the team will nullify the mistakes he made that led to the goals.
“Anything that happens in the game of football is a team effort. If you were to look back and try to trace where the first mistake was made it is not only about him letting the goal, but the whole team made the mistake and that’s how we conceded.”
Ntseki pointed out the first goal his side conceded had also came from a mistake. “The mistake we made that led to the first goal is that they applied a high line and we wanted to play through the midfield.
“With the confidence we have on him helping us to play from the back, that’s why the ball was played to Castillo.
“But I think Sundowns were organized in applying a high press on him. I think he is one quality player that has shown in the past that he is understanding, he is intelligent on the ball.
“We know Sundowns is a possession-based type of a team and when you look at our starting 11 we plan around having very quick forwards to put pressure on their defence and goalkeeper when they start playing from the back.
“Unfortunately, we couldn’t consistently apply the plan in terms of putting pressure on them.
“But the positive is that if you look at the structure we had, it worked out not giving them the space between the lines in the second half applying more pressure on the ball which led to them making mistakes which gave us chances to score.
“We stayed in the game despite the fact that we didn’t play our normal match, mentally we were very strong and also defending as a team which was very important.”
As much as Ntseki retains a positive outlook his side already finds themselves five points adrift of last season’s champions. Sundowns have six points from two wins in their two games thus far, while Chiefs have a single point from their opening-day draw.