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Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues belowThe Brazilians were at home at Loftus Versfeld when they surrendered their lead to allow the Buccaneers to come back and snatch a point.Making the evening one not to cherish for Sundowns was that Pirates played the better part of the second half with a man down following a red card to Miguel Timm.GOAL brings you raw quotes from Masandawana coach Rhulani Mokwena and his Pirates counterpart, Jose Riveiro.<script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script>

Unhappy Mamelodi Sundowns coach Mokwena declares 'I don't like my team' after watching 10-man Orlando Pirates frustrate Masandawana

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Mokwena has taken the blame for his team's uninspiring performance and says he will not point fingers at anyone."Lacking [fluidity] but there's a lot of reasons for that, the first game after a long break, rotations but we can't keep on making that as an excuse, you know," Mokwena said as per <a href="https://www.snl24.com/soccerladuma/local/premiership/mamelodi-sundowns/rulani-mokwena-not-happy-with-sundowns-players-and-referee-20240217" target="_blank">Soccer Laduma.</a>"And it starts with me you know, if I'm not happy with my team I look at myself in the mirror, so I've got to start with myself."

NO EXCUSES FOR DOWNS

The Sundowns trainer admits he could not recognise his men on the pitch."I don't like the game today, it's not a game of football and the first time I don't like my team, not at all and of course for a game of football you need three good teams," Mokwena said."I don't like my team today, I don't think the referees were good today and I never complain about referees but I don't think they were good today. I think Pirates put up a fight, so ja."

I DON'T LIKE MY TEAM

"But where's the level of consistency? I mean, okay let me leave it, I'm not happy with today, so the less I say the better because then I'm gonna get myself into big trouble," he said."It would be very difficult [to find positives] because I'd be clutching at straws. But okay I think Divine [Lunga] was good, it was good to see him play, Mosa [Lebusa] was good but not too happy at all."

DIFFICULT TO FIND POSITIVES

Pirates coach Jose Riveiro lauded his men for defying their numerical disadvantage following a red card to Miguel Timm and feels his goalkeeper Sipho Chaine had an easy game."Credit to the players, after the break coming to the game like this and performing the way they did, running, fighting, grabbing the game plan, really strong in the first half," Riveiro <a href="https://www.snl24.com/soccerladuma/local/premiership/orlando-pirates/jose-riveiro-says-orlando-pirates-contained-mamelodi-sundowns-20240217" target="_blank">said as per Soccer Laduma.</a>"With a different scenario in the second half, with one man down but I think apart from crosses, one or two set-pieces."I think we managed to contain them very well, I don't remember any saves from our goalkeeper. So it talks a lot about the defensive job that we [did] in the second half."

AN OFFDAY FOR CHAINE

"It's a pity we couldn't complete 90 minutes with 11 [players] and see what happens in the last part of the game, where we're pound for pound but overall I think we can only congratulate the boys," Riveiro said."The coaching staff, they did a fantastic job in these four weeks, we came here prepared to fight for the three points and I think we did it."

BUCS GEARED UP FOR THE FIGHT

Unhappy Mamelodi Sundowns coach Mokwena declares 'I don't like my team' after watching 10-man Orlando Pirates frustrate Masandawana | Goal.com

Mamelodi Sundowns dropped points in the Premier Soccer League for the third time this season when hey drew 1-1 with Orlando Pirates on Saturday.

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