Moroka Swallows head coach Steve Komphela has called for more discipline and calmness from his side after their defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns.
Swallows started the game on the back foot after former Sundowns midfielder Andile Jali was sent off with only seven minutes on the clock after a lunging tackle on Teboho Mokoena.
The Birds did not crack in the first stanza, as they kept Sundowns quiet but conceded three minutes from the break through a strike by Themba Zwane.
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Komphela says he feels the goal they conceded is the only mistake they made throughout the match.
"Difficult one, I think the red-card did not make it any easier but from a tactical point of view I thought we kept a good shape in the first-half, looked okay and there were possibilities of scoring even from a set-play," Komphela said on SuperSport TV.
"But matches of this calibre you have to find a way of scoring the set-play. Second-half again we started well but then again as soon as we conceded, then it got bad.
"And from a tactical point of view, because they realized that the centre was blocked, they started pushing players on the sides. (Bathusi) Aubaas was a threat, overloading on the side, we extended the line by manipulating our own structure but I think the mistake we committed was just that goal," he said.
"And apart from that, one would say this match was a definition of their character and we have to build on that. There's nothing we can do now, it's gone, so we just have to build from the character we see from this team.
"Resilience and a little bit more disciplined, even under difficult circumstances, you need to remain calm, composed and disciplined, that's a lesson from this match."
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