Pretty much everything was there for Amakhosi, except luck and a finish or two – or four – more, as they struck the woodwork three times.
After Chiefs had spurned a flow of chances, finally centreback Kgotso Moleko buried a header in the 77th.
But it was Middendorp who might take some small satisfaction – mixed, no doubt, with a healthy dose of extreme frustration – as Chiefs missed chance after chance and Arrows scored from practically their lone opportunity. Middendorp did not have star attacker Khama Billiat, perhaps shaken by a minor car accident on Sunday, in Chiefs' match 18.
The resultant corner by Bernard Parker was cleared to Philani Zulu, who, with a short backlift, produced a power strike onto the crossbar. Then Parker chested into the path of Ekstein to lift a shot over.
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