Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane had some harsh words for Farouk Khan, who he believes is leading a campaign against him in the race to win Absa Premiership Coach of the Year.

Maritzburg United and Sundowns played to a thrilling 2-2 draw at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Wednesday night, but Mosimane wasn’t in the happiest of moods when addressing Khan and the SuperSport panel of analysts when speaking in the post-match interview.

‘Fadlu [Davids] is a very, very good coach,’ he said after the game.

‘He’s my candidate to win the coach of the year, not the cheerleaders in your [SuperSport 4] studio who are unbelievable and are punting against me.

‘I know they do it against me, anything against me then it’s okay, but I can just say match my record at Sundowns.

‘They don’t want me to win it, but I can give it to him [Davids] so they don’t have to punt it. Most especially, Farouk Khan, he’s conflicted, he’s on the panel so why is he speaking about it?

‘That’s my opinion and I have a right to say it. He doesn’t have to respond. Pull the clip when him and Robert [Marawa] were speaking about it, it’s there, you’ve got it in your archives,’ he concluded.