Stellenbosch FC coach Steve Barker says they hope to finish with 11 players on the field against Kaizer Chiefs one day.
Stellies suffered back-to-back losses in the DStv Premiership after going down 2-0 to the Soweto giants on Wednesday night.
Devon Titus was sent off in the second half after picking up his second yellow, making it three games in a row that Barker's side have finished the game with ten players against Chiefs.
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Goalkeeper Sage Stephens was sent off in a 2-1 loss to Chiefs in April, while Rafiq de Goede was also shown a red card in the 3-1 defeat at Cape Town Stadium earlier last season.
"The first-half, the first ten minutes I knew it would be a bit of a chaos and I knew that if we see out the first 15 minutes we would then get control of the game which we did," Barker told SuperSport after the game.
"I felt that the remainder of the first half after the first ten minutes we absolutely dominated, we created the better chances, we pegged them in their half, there was no threat whatsoever from Chiefs in the first half.
"Second-half, we came out again, I thought it was a similar pattern where we were the better team but what you can't always cater for is the moment of brilliance, their first goal you know top quality.
"The other thing you can't always cater for is when you get a red card. I haven't had the privilege of seeing it but I thought the first yellow card was very harsh and even maybe the second.
"So when you then go down from a moment of brilliance and you're down to ten men we were still the better team, we still asked the questions, we still attacked them, we still tried to sort of get back into the game.
"Obviously they would have transition moments but we played this game and we played the way we did we win it more than we don't, so we didn't come out in the right end of the scoreline but once again the effort, the commitment from the players, the chances created ,the way we played with the bravery and the courage , for me we were the better team throughout the 90 minutes.
"Hopefully one day we can finish with 11 players against Chiefs. It's now three games on the bounce that we have not been able to, so ja it always makes it difficult when that happens, so congratulations to them for getting the points but ja I'm a little bit disappointed, not in the performance but in the result," he said.
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