Cape Town City coach Benni McCarthy insists his side will continue to show that they can compete against top teams, despite conceding a defeat in the MTN8 final against SuperSport United.

The Citizens missed out on their chance to clinch the first piece of silverware in this campaign after suffering a 4-2 defeat on penalties at the hands of SuperSport at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday evening.

McCarthy believes the match would’ve had a different outcome if his side had managed to convert the chances they created in the final third.

“Yeah, football makes grown men cry, hey. Listen, I can’t fault the boys today you know. They gave everything. Unfortunately, things didn’t go our way,” McCarthy told SuperSport TV after the match.

“We had chances to kill off the game, but you know we were playing against an experienced side, they’re going to ride the wave. We could see that they were playing for penalties, and yeah, the boys ran out of gas I guess.

“We played right into SuperSport’s hands, they had cramps, a player going off injured, we couldn’t capitalise playing with an extra man.

“But you know what, I’m super happy for my boys. Unfortunately it was not to be, but now we just keep on pushing because we’ve shown that we can compete against the top teams. We gonna continue to do so, better luck next time.”