Khama Billiat extended his gratitude to the Amakhosi fans after winning the Absa Premiership man of the match for Kaizer Chiefs against former team Mamelodi Sundowns.

The two sides played to a 1-1 draw at a packed Loftus Versveld Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with Ricardo Nascimento’s penalty being cancelled out by a fine finish from former Masandawana captain Ramahlwe Mphahlele.

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Billiat made mention of Chiefs’ fans in his post-match comments, saluting the fact that many of them made the journey from Johannesburg to Pretoria to see their team clash against the defending league champions.

Congratulations to Absa Man of the Match: @iamkhamabilliat #HailTheChief #Amakhosi4Life #AbsaPrem pic.twitter.com/8QjQqc17da

— Kaizer Chiefs (@KaizerChiefs) August 4, 2018

‘Firstly I want to thank God for this opportunity and the supporters who have come in numbers,’ he said in post-match comments.

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‘I know it has been tough for the past three seasons but it’s water under the bridge and we’re ready to start the league.

‘It was a tough match, [Sundowns] is a good side I think we have done a lot of things we wanted to do and there’s still room for improvement.

‘I want to thank the teammates, the club and the coach for those opportunities.

‘We created not as many [chances] as we wanted to but there are moments where we could’ve taken our chances but it’s a learning curve.

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‘We learn everyday. We take it positively. We are not too hard one ourselves we take it one game as it comes,’ he concluded.