Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Manqoba Mngqithi felt his side should have been more clinical in the final third against Polokwane City.

The Brazilians secured their place in the semi-finals after they clinched a 1-0 win over Rise and Shine at the Lucas Moripe Stadium on Sunday.

Sundowns have now been drawn against Stellenbosch FC when the two sides meet in the semi-final of the competition.

Mngqithi was pleased with his side’s performance and believed they deserved the victory against Polokwane City.

“I think we made it difficult for ourselves, we had a very good first-half, where we created probably seven or eight good chances and when we could not take those chances it got scary,” Mngqithi told SuperSport TV.

“Because you know when you don’t take your chances in a cup match, they can just get one and punish you and the truth is, Denis had to take one for the team and we now had to restructure and make our lives even more difficult.

“But I’m happy that at the end we won the match because I do believe we deserved to win it.”

He added: “To be honest, I was concerned when we missed but I was happy with the number of chances we created. I was happy with how much we spent time in the opposition box, because that for me was the most important thing.

“That the game must not be played in our half but it must be played more in the opposition box. I think we did that very well but we need to be a little bit more clinical because this game would have opened early with the chances that we got. We hit the upright twice, we were just unfortunate on the day I must be honest.”