Pirates' Saleng rifled in a brilliant near-post finish in the 55th minute, and was taken off four minutes later.
'We were lucky that we were slow on the bench and he managed to score first!' said the Pirates head coach.
Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro admitted that he was about to substitute Monnapule Saleng, when the Pirates attacker finally broke the deadlock in their DStv Premiership 3-0 win over Polokwane City on Tuesday night.minute, and was then taken off four minutes later and replaced by Karim Kimvuidi.
Evidence Makgopa came off the bench to grab a late brace, down to some alert finishing from him and some dismal defending from Rise and Shine.
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