Chiefs taunted after controversial win: ‘They sing like this but won against laws of game’

Kaizer Chiefs scored what looked like an offside goal to secure a 1-0 win over Golden Arrows on Tuesday night.

The lone strike at the FNB Stadium came in the first half courtesy of versatile Glamour Boys defender Aden McCarthy who capitalised on poor defending to scramble the ball into the back of the net.

It was Amakhosi’s first win after going four games across all competition without tasting victory. Chiefs are now on 27 points, just two behind leaders and defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

However, the victory was not fair according to Golden Arrows coach who believes the goal was cored from an offside position.

Why sing when it was not a legit goal?

The former Masandawana coach took a jibe at Amakhosi faithful saying they shouldn’t celebrate like ‘they have won a match’.

“That does not make me feel good. When we lose matches, people sing like this that they have won a match, but the reality is we won the match against the laws of the game,” he said in his post-match interview.

Mngqithi further explained why he feels VAR should be introduced in the South African top flight football.

“We lose the game, nobody cares. You concede goals, people are saying ‘no, you conceded because you didn’t defend well’. But the reality is the league must very hard on VAR, the game has become too dynamic.

“It’s not us, it’s the game that should tell us that it’s too difficult even for the officials to follow and track the runs of the players, because I cannot always blame the officials – the game itself has become too dynamic and it demands that we have to respond to that.

“We are not playing for R500 000 here, we are playing for R20 million. So we should consider looking into this thing of VAR otherwise we will keep losing matches like this and people will be ok with it,” Mngqthi concluded.