Orlando Pirates coach Josef Zinnbauer insists that luck was not on their side during their defeat by Soweto rivals Kaizer Chiefs.

The Buccaneers failed to close the gap on Amakhosi at the top of the Absa Premiership standings after suffering a narrow 1-0 defeat by Chiefs at the FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The loss leaves Pirates nine points behind their Soweto rivals, with eight games remaining until the end of the season.

‘I don’t know, it’s now directly after the game, it’s not so easy. We made a good game, I cannot say to my team it was bad … no, it was good,’ Zinnbauer told SuperSport TV after the game.

‘Next season? We have eight games now in a row, what we have, we have a break and we’ll see what has happened and we prepare the team for next season, I don’t know. But with this performance we have a good look in the future.’

The German mentor added that his side lacked composure in the final third as he believes they didn’t make the most of created chances.

‘First on the supporters, top atmosphere, top support. Ja, I think we have the chance in the game to make the first goal and we had a lot of chances to make the goal and, ja, today we have not the luck what you need when you win against this team,’ he added.

‘For me we have a tough game, it’s one of the best teams in the league, I think we had [deserved] a little more from the game. I think we dictated the game but we have not the final pass. It reminds me of [Luvuyo] Memela had a big chance in the second half, towards the goalline, normally you make this but today we did not have the luck you need when you win against Kaizer Chiefs.’