Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena believes Kaizer Chiefs captain Brandon Petersen deserved the Man of the Match award despite his blunder against the Brazilians.

Sundowns were gifted with all three points after a mistake from Petersen handed them a 2-1 win against Chiefs at the Lucas Moripe Stadium on Wednesday.

Despite his costly error, Petersen made a number of great saves to keep the Sundowns’ attacking department at bay.

Mokwena admits he is disappointed that his side didn’t make the most of their chances despite claiming maximum points.

“I think the better team won, for sure by far and if you don’t take your chances this is what happens, you keep the game alive,” Mokwena told SuperSport TV after the game.

“We could have killed the game a long time ago, my disappointment is that we don’t take chances, how many chances do we need?

“I told them at half-time, historically Kaizer Chiefs are a very lucky team and they don’t need too many chances.

“If you keep them in a game like that, they’re going to come back and you saw it’s 1-1. In the end, it is 2-1 and the winning goal comes in the dying minute and it feels like it was a very tight game.

“I think Petersen was Man of the Match, in my opinion, because he made so many good saves and we had so many good chances.”

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