Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rhulani Mokwena hailed his side after their 1-0 victory over Sudanese side Al Hilal in the CAF Champions league, even if he believes they might have won by a greater margin.

The Brazilians secured the three points thanks to a first half goal from Cassius Mailula, who had a second one incorrectly notched off for offside.

“First was to get the three points but the target is to move to as close as possible to 10,” Mokwena said.

“History tells you the lowest number of points to come out of the group stages is four. We want to try to get as close as possible to 10 points because that almost guarantees you a position in the knockouts. Three points, regardless, of the scoreline is very important and we also managed a good clean sheet.

“It could have been more (goals). I think we scored a very good goal for the second one and unfortunately it was adjudged offside but in certain moments we were very good, and we played the game according to our strengths.

“We played the game well, we were comfortable and even though we had a few jitters in certain moments due to a few misplaced passes, I thought we were very good and applied ourselves very well.

“They have players that are experienced, a very good team and a very good coach who has been in this space. But we were good apart from the challenge of the pitch.

“I thought we were very good in certain moments of the game, especially on the ball and congratulations to our team. These are three important points in the group stages.”