Head coach of Mamelodi Sundowns, Miguel Cardoso, says his outfit must shoulder responsibility for stalemate against Al Hilal in the third round of the CAF Champions League group stage.
The match, held at Loftus Versveld in South Africa ended in a 2-2 draw, with both teams securing a point each from the crucial game.
Teboho Mokoena scored a screamer with Arthur Sales netting the other goal in a thrilling game under the Pretoria skies.
“Fortunately, we can only complain ourselves, so many formations created and couldn’t score a winning goal and I think they entered our box two times and scored, pretty naïve from our defence,” Cardoso told SABC Sport post-match.
“This is the level of football where you cannot make those kinds of things, you have to finish the game make the first goal, we had more than enough chances and then also we need to be clinical in the box.
“This is really serious too serious in terms of responsibility and incapacity to score, and just that because we played the game, we controlled, we had total control. I think we had more than enough today to have a victory.
“We cannot expose ourselves to be penalized by one situation, there was nothing more on the game rather than that situation.
“The game was there but didn’t play the way you had to play, we scored a goal, but we knew we had to be cautious and patient that are situations you have to score.
“But suddenly you’re winning and you allow a goal like that and we created much more than we need to really leave the emotions out be clinical, make the goal as it should’ve happened there.”
Both Mamelodi Sundowns are currently level on five points at the top of Group C after three matches into the group stage.
