Kaizer Chiefs' progress under Nasreddine Nabi was left punctured on Tuesday with the Tunisian coach having now thrice failed to gather three wins in a row at the club.
Chiefs were flat and vulnerable on Tuesday evening as they offered little resistance against SuperSport United on a greasy surface at FNB Stadium.
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With Amakhosi not in action again until they travel to Mamelodi Sundowns on March 1, it leaves Nabi with the full stretch of 10 days in between to find solutions.
Whatever work he gets to do during that time will come on the back of having failed what is proving to be a stiff challenge for him at the club.
From 22 games in charge to date, Nabi has failed to win three in a row anywhere along the way.
With results counting the most, this is why the Soweto giants have not been able to trim the gap in moving north towards where both Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns sit.
Pirates are eight points ahead having played four games less, while Sundowns are 17 in front with two matches in hand.
The Glamour Boys will again need binoculars to catch sight of the champions, who have finished 37 points, 26 points, 18 points, and 31 points ahead of them in the last four years.
Part of the problems have come from how often Chiefs have conceded (23), sitting with the second-worst defensive record in the league – the bread-and-butter for Nabi.
They have also conceded four in the cups.
Nabi's tenure has been devoid of consistence with the side yet to win three in a row under him.
Tuesday was the third opportunity to achieve that, but it ended in disappointment.
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On the two previous occasions that they have won two in a row, they have then come stuck in the third with Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates putting a stop.
Sundowns handed Chiefs a 2-1 defeat in September after they had won the first two, then Pirates did the same at the beginning of February.