Kaizer Chiefs head coach Cavin Johnson has opened up on their elimination from the Nedbank Cup to Milford on Sunday evening.
The Soweto giants lost 5-4 on penalties to Milford after the game ended goalless in extra-time.
The Glamour Boys missed a penalty during extra-time after Ranga Chivaviro's spot-kick was saved and could still not score after the Stallions were reduced to ten men with nine minutes left of the first stanza.
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Johnson says they had plenty of chances but they just couldn't get the ball in the back of the net.
"Ja, not good, I thought when you have 20 chances to score a goal and you still have a penalty as well, on top of that and you don't convert that, then we just put ourselves under major pressure," Johnson said on SuperSport TV.
"We did everything we could but put the ball in the net. That's football, what can I say?
"For us in the first half we had so many opportunities when we came out, we had more opportunities in the second half but the goal doesn't go in the net, you can't do anything.
"So we're not in a good space now because we knew what this meant for us and we lose it today, I think you can see the players, they know what it means to them. Myself, I know what this meant for us to carry it further and go to the next round but this is football. We wish the opposition luck but for us it's not good enough," he said.
The former SuperSport United coach was asked whether they had the right mentality against a lower league side.
"In one moment we did do that, I thought we didn't do that but again I thought we made too quick a pass when we had the opposition behind the back and we just couldn't get the right pass. And when we went wide and brought it in, we looked better but not to be," he added.
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