Al Ahly head coach Pitso Mosimane admits they will have to win their two remaining Caf Champions League Group A fixtures if they want to secure their place in the quarter-finals.

The Red Eagles were forced to endure back to back defeats to Sundowns following their narrow 1-0 defeat to the Brazilians at the FNB Stadium through a goal from Peter Shalulile on Saturday afternoon.

The sees Sundowns remain at the top of Group A with 10 points from four games, the Red Eagles are six points behind the current leaders in second place with four points.

Mosimane went on to discuss how his team fared and performed against Sundowns while also stressing the importance of the two remaining games in the group stage.

“Today we did not create many chances. We had a chance at the end, but unfortunately, we missed a good header. But it is okay. We move on,” Mosimane told his club’s official website.

“Let’s not go to the VAR after we lost. But we are twenty years behind because of the VAR. We still have the same issue and there is no difference. We did not lose because of a VAR situation but it is very difficult for referees, sometimes I think it is onside and it becomes offside.

“We are not here to complain about the heavy calendar we have. This is our life and this is the price to pay to be at Al Ahly.

“We got two games to play. We should stay where we are and we must win the two games. The two games are in Cairo and we have no excuse. We had this situation before as last year we lost to Simba and drew against Vita Club. We lost so many points in the group stage, but we managed to qualify and you know how the story ended.

“Before the match, I moved the barriers because the road was closed. They blocked the bus. There are too many things that happened that I do not want to talk about,” Mosimane concluded.