Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane insisted his side are not tired despite one win in their last four league games.

The Brazilians led 1-0 at the break in Cape Town but Benni McCarthy’s team fought back in the second stanza as goals from Kermit Erasmus and Chris David secured the three points for the Citizens.

The result saw Sundowns surrender top spot to Orlando Pirates for the time being, all be it just on goal difference, and saw City firmly place themselves in contention.

Speaking to SuperSport TV after the game Mosimane praised his side’s performance despite the defeat, while he also insisted his side is not tired as they are used to this type of run in.

‘It was a tough game, but I’m happy with my team. But we lost the game,’ said the former Bafana Bafana coach.

‘We lost in an unfortunate situation in the first goal, the ball deflected off my player and it falls off to Kermit Erasmus in front of the goal and he is lethal there. So that’s the unfortunate part of it.

‘The second goal we should have been smart about it to shift towards the side of the ball and not play a foul over there, and it was a brilliant goal, unbelievable. They are scoring good free-kicks so what are you going to do?’

‘We are not tired,’ added the Sundowns coach when asked about the fixture pile up.

‘We have shown we can play. I’m happy also that ‘Mshishi’ also showed that he can play three games in seven days, that’s doable.

‘So, its ok we are not tired. We have to win in the Champions League on Saturday; it’s a big game for us, we need to qualify. When we come back, we still going to fight for the league again.

‘We have been in this situation before in the last five years, Sundowns always does the same thing. We not new comers to this title chase.

‘We’ve been there, we know it. It’s not easy, it’s difficult. We don’t collect enough points to be honest but its ok,’ he concluded.

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