SuperSport United coach Kaitano Tembo says he is happy to walk away with a point, despite Bradley Grobler’s late penalty miss.

Matsatsantsa came from a goal down to secure a 1-1 draw with Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium after Grobler cancelled out Samir Nurkovic’s first half opened.

United have now moved up to seventh place in the Absa Premiership standings with four points while Chiefs remain top with seven points after three games played.

‘I think we didn’t have a good start, we had a poor first half and we were second to everything. They got the second ball, the first ball and they were a little bit more adventurous than us – we were always slow to get out of the blocks,’ Tembo told SuperSport TV after the game.

‘I think we got better in the second half and we created chances like them. They also created and I think we could have stolen it at the death because we brought in [Thamsanqa] Gabuza.

‘He gave them problems because Bradley can play off him whereas in the first half I think Bradley was a little bit isolated, but I think I will take a point although we could have hit it at the death. The draw is a true reflection of the game.

The United coach admitted that his side found it hard to deal with Chiefs attacker Samir Nurkovic, who bagged his first goal for Amakhosi.

‘We struggled a lot with Nurkovic, he’s a different type of a player, strong in the air and we couldn’t deal with him, but I think we needed to be smarter and just only deal with the second run rather than focusing on winning the first header because he is strong, he is a big boy and he was winning everything.

Speaking on Grobler’s penalty miss close to the end of the game, Tembo said: ‘It happens even to the best players all over the world, they do miss penalties. Paul Pogba also missed a penalty last week, so for me, I look at the overall performance. He [Grobler] had a good game and that is very key,’ he concluded.