Kaizer Chiefs coach Cavin Johnson has identified what his side has to fix following Amakhosi's defeat to Stellenbosch FC on Tuesday evening.
Chiefs' top-four ambitions are looking slimmer after every match as their goalless draw against Cape Town City was followed by a defeat at FNB Stadium on Tuesday night by a Stellies side now 19 matches without a loss across all competitions.
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Although wasteful in possession, Chiefs dominated the encounter, enjoying 63% of overall ball possession and made 19 attempts at goal, with five shots finding the targets.
Meanwhile, the visitors took 13 shots at goal, and three found the target, including Devin Titus' close-range finish that beat Bruce Bvuma and would prove to be the decider.
Speaking during the post-match press conference, Johnson was frank in his response to journalists.
"Always, I believe that, and I think they are still together and they haven't given up hope," Johnson said to the media.
"It's like we say, you get a sucker punch goal against you and we could not break the opposition down which is normal in a football match. It happens and yeah maybe it looks like it's happening too often to us.
"We need to find the right player to score the goal and we as a group, are struggling to get that, we thought Ash (Ashley du Preez) had it, but we can't rely only on Ash, we've got to rely on [Pule] Mmodi, we've got to rely on [Christian] Saile, we've got to lean on [Mduduzi Shabalala] Shabba to at least chip in somewhere, then we get better.
"But it was not to be tonight and maybe the question is valid (do players still have faith in the coach), to a certain extent but I can tell you straight that the team and I, we are still together."
The next test for Chiefs will come in the form of Chippa United in a DStv Premiership clash that will be played on Saturday.
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