Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena says conceding the equaliser against Stellenbosch was a "bitter pill to swallow".
Sundowns' 15-game winning run came to an end after Cassius Mailula's late goal was cancelled out by a penalty from Stellies striker Iqraam Rayners.
Mokwena says he was not happy with the application of his players after they broke the deadlock in the dying minutes.
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"We can't win them all, we try to win them all but we can't win them all. After we scored I don't think I recognised the team, the appetite to get the second and third (goal) was not there," Mokwena told SuperSport TV.
"But congratulations to Stellenbosch for putting up a good fight, congratulations to my players for almost a very good performance, congratulations to the youngsters, Siya (Nyanga) made his debut, Ntando (Nkosi), so there's some positives.
"And we'll improve, we always want to improve and get better."
The young Sundowns coach admitted that the best thing to happen to them was to concede and that's the lesson he'll take from the game.
"Yeah, because it's a lesson. We win so much that we've got to get a few uppercuts to learn lessons, that's important, it's very important for the way we want to go, what we want to try to achieve," he went on.
"So the lessons must come and sometimes the lessons are a little bit bitter to swallow but we have to get them, it's how life is, it's ups and downs and you try to keep with the ups.
"But when you get the downs you must also get the downs very quickly and take it with the lesson and move, so I'm in that space where I appreciate the lesson that came with the equaliser," he said.
When asked if the draw was a fair result, he added, "No, we want to win, I thought on the balance of play we did just enough to get the three points, just enough. But that's not enough in football, just enough is not enough in football and we've got to learn that lesson," he said.
"So we got to do more, more than the opposition, we've got to create more chances, we've got to invest a little bit more when we're 1-0 up, invest more to make it two, make it three and that's how we'll keep on going.
"But we've got a good bunch of players, honest and we'll learn and we'll get better for sure, no doubt."
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