Khanye slams Pirates ‘robots’ who went missing against Chiefs

Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye has not held back about his assessment of Orlando Pirates players following their performance in the Soweto Derby.

Khanye was impressed by how Chiefs approached the game, which ended 1-1, but disappointed by a number of Pirates players who he felt went missing.

“Coming to this fixture, I think Kaizer Chiefs wanted to disturb Orlando Pirates and they did exactly that. Honestly speaking, the reflection of the game is in the result,” Khanye told iDiski TV.

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“Chiefs won five games in a row with Mduduzi Shabalala playing as number 10, [Wandile] Duba playing wide, interchanging with [Glody] Lilepo on the left hand side with [Pule] Mmodi as usual. And the truth is that in this game they came and played with three central midfielders.

“I think when they read the game they realised that Orlando Pirates are very dangerous in the midfield and their front four including [Masindi] Nemtajela and [Thalente] Mbatha, that once they [Chiefs] play with three and Pirates play with two it would be difficult for Rele [Mofokeng] to play.

“Truly speaking, I think their game plan worked. They came to disturb Orlando Pirates and showed character.”

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However, the controversial analyst was scathing on his assessment of Pirates, terming their front four ‘robots’ who found it hard to impact the game.

“When I say this is a game for big players, some Pirates players were robots and I’m very disappointed,” added Khanye.

“I always say that Rele [Mofokeng] struggles in games like this, especially the derby. [Oswin] Appollis not much in this game and [Tshepang] Moremi, unfortunately he got injured but even the 15, 20 minutes he played, not much in the game.”