Itumeleng Khune names Kaizer Chiefs’ best penalty taker

Kaizer Chiefs legend Itumeleng Khune has weighed in on the debate over who should be the penalty taker at the club.

This came to the fore during Chiefs’ Carling Knockout quarter-final clash against Siwelele FC on Sunday, when the Glamour Boys claimed a 2-1 win.

Chiefs had to come from behind to win the game after Siyabonga Ndebele broke the deadlock for Siwelele before Wandile Duba restored parity from the spot. Substitute Asanele Velabayi won it for Amakhosi in the 83^rd minute.

Why Khune does not want Mdu on penalties

However, before Duba scored his penalty, Chiefs had been awarded a spot-kick earlier and Mduduzi Shabalala stepped up but fired over the bar. After his miss, he handed the ball to Duba when Chiefs got another one.

Khune feels Shabalala redeemed himself by giving the ball away but does not believe the playmaker should have stepped up in the first place.

“Mduduzi did well to redeem himself after the penalty miss,” Khune said on SABC as quoted by KickOff.

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“He then gave the responsibility to Duba, who is high in confidence. I think even the first penalty, Duba should have taken it because he is still high in confidence from the 3-0 against TS Galaxy.

“So for him to handover the responsibility to Mdu, I don’t think it was the right move because Mdu right now, his confidence is very low,” added the legendary Chiefs goalkeeper.

Shabalala last scored for Chiefs early last month during their 1-1 draw with Stellenbosch FC in what was his second goal of the season while Duba is now on seven and had netted a hat-trick when his team beat TS Galaxy in the Carling Knockout quarter-final.