Kaizer Chiefs head coach Steve Komphela believes that his side was fatigued and lacked the energy needed to beat Chippa United after their 3-0 defeat on Saturday.

The Amakhosi were looking to keep their outside chance of the title alive against Ernst Middendorp’s team on Saturday. They knew that only three points would do at the FNB Stadium.

The men from Port Elizabeth, however, had other ideas as they romped home to a 3-0 victory, ending the slim title hopes of the Naturena-based side.

After the game, Komphela said his side lacked the energy and cutting edge needed to beat their opponents, while also suggesting that the squad is suffering from playing three matches in seven days.

‘That’s exactly what we said in the dressing room [that we were lacklustre] our body language… one has to consider that this is our third match in seven days but it’s no excuse, everybody goes through that,’ the under fire Amakhosi coach told SuperSport TV.

‘I thought we lacked energy. You could see from our actions and reactions we were always second best. In a match like this where people are opportunistic and they have luck on their side, you hardly win matches of this calibre.’

‘If you look at our first goal, it’s an error at the back. It looked like someone had put a pause on us and said “pause, don’t move” and then went in and scored. The second and third goal as well. Obviously, you start to see that there’s no energy.’

‘Take it on the chin and accept that they won the match 3-0 they deserve it. Could it had been better? For sure.’

The Kaizer Chiefs fans turned on their manager on Saturday as calls for his sacking ran around the FNB Stadium, Komphela, however, kept his cool calling for some rationale.

‘You don’t have to be emotional in football, you still have to apply your rationale. This is a time to be together and become one unit. If they [fans] don’t blame me who are they going to blame?’