Stellenbosch head coach Steve Barker has suggested that Kaizer Chiefs had a lot of luck going their way after a narrow 1-0 loss.
Stellies continued to be in a slump in the league, with only one win in six matches, after they could not recover from an early goal by Amakhosi new signing Makabi Lilepo.
Barker admitted that they were not good enough against Chiefs, although he feels it was mainly due to the unavailability of players.
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"Ja, obviously not at our best today, you don't play to your potential then you don't win football matches, so ja disappointed," Barker said on SuperSport.
"It's also unfortunate a lot of players not available, injured but we need to be better if we want to win games, really disappointing. I think the effort was there but we just lacked sort of a little bit of quality in our play."
The former University of Pretoria coach also suggested that Amakhosi were fortunate to have most of the 50/50 challenges going their way and as a result, they could not get their rhythm going forward.
"It was difficult for the game to flow as well, every 50/50 it seems to go their (Chiefs) way, so it just didn't give us rhythm," Barker concluded.
Stellenbosch will switch their focus to the Nedbank Cup round of 16 clash next week Thursday when they host Polokwane City.