Wits coach feels the pressure is off his team after defeat to Pirates
Disappointed in losing the top-of the-table clash 1-0 at home to Orlando Pirates on Saturday‚ Bidvest Wits coach Gavin Hunt believes there are still going to be more twist and turns in the remaining few weeks of the Premiership race.
Although gutted by the result against the now top-of-the-table Buccaneers‚ Hunt said giving up the challenge on the league is the last thing on his mind after Keagan Ritchie’s last-gasp own goal gave Bucs an unlikely three points on Saturday. “Last week we let in a corner‚ penalty and a free kick‚” said Hunt after the match. “This week it's a free kick and an own goal. There’s a nothing you can do about it. You can’t put your finger on those things‚ we’ve just have to keep on working and maybe get a new muthi man or something.”“As you can see today‚ anything can happen‚ so we will tackle the next one‚” said the Wits coach. “It was a good performance from us. I thought we were a better team. No problem. There was no danger.
“The pressure is off us a little bit‚ so we will have a go now and just play‚” he said. “But to be fair the goals that have gone in against us in the last couple of weeks there are such freakish goals.”
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