Kaizer Chiefs coach Steve Komphela says they tried to play positive football in a bid to garner maximum points in the 0-0 draw against Mamelodi Sundowns.

The Soweto giants and Masandawana were unable to be separated in a 0-0 draw in front of a 70 000-strong crowd.

Komphela revealed that he was happy with his sides performance and thought that they were unlucky not to leave with all three points.

‘We tried to be positive. The only way to give the best of what we have in SA football is to go at each other,’ he said in post-match comments.

‘Sitting there and thinking about losing the ball, you’re going to suffer because they can go direct or diagonal with [Tebogo] Langerman any given time.

‘But I thought it was positive and I am happy with the players.

‘I thought it was a good game with good energy and compliments must be given to both sets of supporters for their support. I thought the players from both teams showed up.

‘I thought the header from (Willard) Katsande would have changed things, but we also felt their threats at the other end. Compliments must be given to our defensive and offensive players.

‘On the other side, their defence withstood the pressure. We tried to break it but it was a stalemate. Matches of this nature are determined by set-plays, and I thought there weren’t many of that in my opinion.

‘We avoided having too many set-plays around our box because we know how dangerous they are, but we also tried to utilize ours. All of our subs were positive from our side,’ he concluded.

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