Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Denis Onyango has urged his side to continue fighting on both domestic and continental fronts.

The Brazilians will have it all to play for in the Caf Champions League quarter-final second leg at the Lucas Moripe Stadium on Saturday, after suffering a 2-0 defeat by Al Ahly in the first leg in Cairo last weekend.

On the domestic front, Sundowns are second in the Absa Premiership standings with 41 points after 20 matches played and trail log-leaders Kaizer Chiefs by seven points.

However, Onyango has stressed the importance of gaining positive results to keep their title challenges alive both in both domestic and continental competitions.

‘If we don’t win the league [or finish second] we will not be able to play in the Champions League next season – we have to keep an eye on both sides,’ Onyango told the media as quoted by Phakaaathi.

‘The Champions League is still in our hands until we are done with it, but the league is in other people’s hands, we just need to keep pushing and try to get results and keep winning at home.

‘The club and the players are used to the Champions League, even playing in the Confederation Cup, I don’t think that will be enough for us. At the end of the day we need to face reality.

‘If we don’t make it in the Champions League we need to fight and win the league again, but it will be very sad for us not to play in the Champions League, because that is what the team is built for.’

On his side’s current position in the league, Onyango says Masandawana have to try and win their remaining games in the campaign for a chance to retain the Absa Premiership title.

‘All we need to do is to win our games and hope they lose a few games. You can’t support anyone because whoever you support will go above you … What we need to do is keep believing because I don’t think that anyone can stay at the top of the log from start to finish. Anything is possible, as long as we win and keep the pressure because someone has to cross the line at the end of the season and we hope it is us. They [Chiefs] have the edge because they are leading but we still have to play them.’