Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane has praised his well-performing younger players after their victory over Maritzburg United at the FNB Stadium on Tuesday evening.

The Glamour Boys secured their first win of the campaign after they cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win over the Team of Choice as Ashley Du Preez, Keagan Dolly and Mduduzi Shabalala added their names to the scoresheet.

The win took Amakhosi up to second place in the DStv Premiership standings with three points from two games, while Maritzburg dropped down to 14th place with only a point from two matches.

Zwane admits his side performed better than in their last game, saying they were more clinical in front of goal after finding the back of the net on three occasions compared to the opening game without scoring a single goal.

“Ja look, you know, sometimes football is a funny game. I think the past game we played very well compared to today and we lost the game,” Zwane told SuperSport TV post-game.

“And today we played in patches but we were clinical in front of goals and it could have been more.

“But I’m so proud of mostly the youngsters, you know, who came on and kept the very same tempo. They took the game to the opposition because were already worried that they dropped the tempo at some point.

“And allow them back into the game and their confidence grew and they could score at any given time from dead-ball situations or open play.

“But I must give credit to their team. They’ve got a very good team and a good coach but it wasn’t to be in terms of them getting a goal today.

“But I think our defence did very well, led by Zitha Kwinika, so ja, the defence did very well. What is important today is us keeping a clean sheet.

“Also Bruce [Bvuma] did very well but made a few errors that he needs to work on but going forward is never going to be easy, we still have a very long way to go. It’s that inasmuch as we’re in a rebuilding phase but we’re still grinding results.”

Kaizer Chiefs will now be looking to secure back-to-back wins in the DStv Premiership when they travel to Loftus Versfeld Stadium to take on Mamelodi Sundowns on 13 August.