Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso says it was a good result for his team after a “tough week”.

The Brazilians secured a 2-1 victory over Magesi FC when Lucas Ribeiro Costa and Tashreeq Matthews cancelled out Wonderboy Makhubu opening goal at the old Peter Mokaba Stadium on Wednesday.

Sundowns have now stretched their lead at the top of the table to six points over Orlando Pirates, while Magesi remain at the bottom of the log with seven points from 13 matches.

The Tshwane giants will now turn their attention to their Nedbank Cup round of 32 clash against Sibanye Golden Stars on Saturday evening.

“We knew that we should make a very strong first-half, because in the second-half we could pay from some of the fatigue from the previous match, if you remember we played 72 hours ago and a (CAF) Champions League match,” Cardoso told SuperSport TV after the game.

“But we didn’t do it, we suffered an incredible goal in a moment we had a player injured, we stopped a little bit, the reaction was very late and to overcome that difficulty mentally it was very tough.

“So first-half was very tough mentally and instead of reacting the proper way we let this fatigue feeling in ourselves. At half-time we had to do something to change the story of the game.

“When brought some energy, attitude, we just needed to get one goal because I knew the energy would be on our side. So I’m happy that we did it in the second half.

“We still had 20 minutes to make it for the second one. I think we deserved it but very good job also from Magesi, very tough game here. I think teams struggle here. Good result after a tough week,” he concluded.