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Larsen: it’s difficult to accept we were close to three points

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Clinton Larsen, coach of Magesi FC reacts during the Betway Premiership 2024/25 match between Magesi FC and Kaizer Chiefs at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on 30 October 2024 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

Magesi FC coach Clinton Larsen has applauded his team for pulling through during their busy fixture scheduled.

The newly promoted side threw away a two-goal lead to play out to a 2-2 draw against Kaizer Chiefs at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.

Magesi have now dropped to 11th place on the log with six points after six games, having won one, drawn three and conceded two defeats.

Larsen was proud of his side but admits they walked away with a point due to individual errors.

“Firstly I’ve got to credit my players, three games in seven days, we played on Sunday, we got back on Monday morning at 5 O’clock. Kaizer Chiefs played on Saturday, rested Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. That’s the difference in terms of how fresh they were,” Larsen told SuperSport TV after the game.

“And that’s why we wanted to push for early goals because we knew the legs would go in the end and we’ve done just that. I can live with the way we conceded the first goal. But the second is a defensive error, individual errors, we can’t blame the team for that

“After all is said and done, nobody expects us to get these types of results, we played Pirates and Chiefs within ten days and to beat Pirates and draw with Kaizer Chiefs, I think credit must go to Magesi as a football club.

“We’ve done the hard work to earn the three points and were let down by one individual mistake at the end, that’s part of football. Players make mistakes, it’s difficult to accept when you’re so close to three points.

“Coming into this game we played five games and we had only scored one, so it was important for us to start scoring goals and most importantly, we want to be resolute defensively and not concede soft goals like we’ve done today.”