Rulani Mokwena has thrown support behind striker Peter Shalulile on the back of an underwhelming AFCON campaign and Mamelodi Sundowns' draw against Orlando Pirates.
The Namibian forward went another 90 minutes without finding the back of the net as Sundowns and Pirates walked away with a point each at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Saturday night.
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Tapelo Xoki's late spot-kick cancelled out Marcello Allende's second half strike and neither team could get the winner.
For Shalulile, it was the fourth consecutive league match without a goal, an unfamiliar run for the DStv Premiership's top scorer last season.
In between, ShaSha also endured a disappointing AFCON campaign that squad fail to score in four matches for The Brave Warriors.
However, his coach, Mokwena is adamant the striker will find his feet.
"Peter, where is he mentally? Peter is Peter," Mokwena responded when quizzed on the striker's mental state at the post-match press conference.
"I was reading something Tomas Tuchel (Bayern Munich coach) said and I could relate to it.
"Tuchel something like 'When the team wins and Harry Kane doesn't score, there is that level of unhappiness from Harry Kane.
"Even though he's happy that the team has won, and he walks around and celebrates of course with a good spirit, but that level of selfishness of knowing that I've got to score and contribute to the success of the team is a quality that top strikers and I think that's something that Peter has.
"He puts a lot of pressure on himself to score and to help the team win and his performance at AFCON and not scoring you can see he is carrying it a little bit.
"But okay, he will overcome that because all very good strikers have very good moments and gave moments when they are not so good.
"What I like about Peter is that his overall contribution is very good. He still presses. He still makes the movements. He still assists us with a lot of t things from an offensive and defensive point of view and that's all you ask of the players to do.
Meanwhile, Sundowns themselves are aiming to find their feet with three draws from their last five league matches.
The Brazilians will be hoping for better fortunes in the Nedbank Cup as they turn their prepare to take on La Masia in the Round of 32.
The match will be played at Dobsonville Stadium. Kick-off is at 19:00.
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