Chippa United head coach Kwanele Kopo says their performance against Kaizer Chiefs is their worst of the season after a narrow 1-0 defeat.
Chippa succumbed to an only goal scored by Mduduzi Shabalala just before the halftime break.
"Firstly congratulations to Chiefs, we were poor, it's the worst I've seen of us this entire season. We couldn't come out of the back in the build-up and I don't think it's because of the press, we took wrong positions in the midfield," Kopo said on SuperSport.
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"Because we also tried to create the same block, they created the first block of four, but we just couldn't get out of the press and everything that came to Andile and Sphe, was going back and put us under pressure.
"But still with that, as much Chiefs were close to our box, they didn't really have clear-cut chances, header from (Yusuf) Maart that he (Stanley Nwabali) tips over, so the real shot is the one that end up in the goal.
"Then you come out after half-time to change the game, so we changed to a 3-5-2. I think in the front we struggled to press them in their back-three, because we only had one striker up. So we really looked flat first half.
"Our frustration in the second-half was that when you have Elma and Eva upfront, you've got two big guys, you need to service them a lot and we took long to service the ball to them and that let us down. We had a few chances but we were poor to be honest, Chiefs had one clear chance and they took it and that was the difference in the game."
Kopo also apologized to Ayabulela Konqobe after he replaced him ten minutes before half-time with Baraka Majogoro for tactical reasons.
"It's unfortunate, it's something I always tell the players we never want to do but you also wonder if I leave him for longer it only gets worse," Kopo said.
"So we apologized to him, he's upset, every professional player would be but it's a tactical situation we had to do," Kopo added.