Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane is delighted to have returned to winning ways and walked away with maximum points against their “hoodoo” team Royal AM.

The Glamour Boys ended their three match winless run in the DStv Premiership following their comfortable 2-0 victory over Thwihli Thwahla through goals from Sfiso Hlanti and Ashley Du Preez.

Amakhosi now finds themselves sitting in fifth place on the league table with 27 points from 18 games, while Royal currently occupies 12th position with 21 points from 18 matches played so far this season.

Zwane went on to praise his side for stepping up their performance in the final after find the back of the net twice, while keeping a cleansheet.

“Yeah, look he gave us the extra oomph we were looking for, we were so much aggressive, we gave them no space, we were pressing them, we knew that we’ll win that midfield battle,” Zwane told SuperSport TV.

“We just needed to be a little bit aggressive going forward. When he came on he gave us that, that’s why we managed to score the second goal.”

He added: “Yeah, look we obviously started the year very sloppy but in terms of performance, not bad at all, we were just not scoring goals in all the previous games that we played.

“We created chances, at least today we managed to score, capitalised and kept a clean-sheet. I must give credit to the boys, they fought, they gave everything, I’m so proud of them even when we were one man down (Dillan Solomons got injured late in the game and Chiefs had used all their substitution slots).

“But it’s a worrying factor when you lose two of your right backs (due to injury), so we are going to have to reshuffle the game again. But obviously as coaches we always come with a plan.

“It was never going to be an easy game, they’ve always been our hoodoo team, we wanted to break that ice as well in many ways. We’ve never beaten them, we’ve never won a game this season (year), we’ve never scored a goal, so this game was for us to turn things around.”

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