Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi claims the players have a psychological issue after their 1-0 win over Chippa United.
The Amakhosi ended a three-game winless run in the Betway Premiership thanks Mduduzi Shabalala's wonderful first-half strike.
The Tunisian tactician felt his team played with the handbrake on after taking the lead.
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"We needed to start on the front foot, I would say the first half was good, not very good but was good. The only issue is after we scored the first goal, second-half we played with fear," Nabi told SuperSport after the game.
"And when you play with fear, you play with the handbrake, you don't go forward, you don't go back but it's understandable, it's psychological, because the last results were not positive and the players wanted much to get the three points.
"But sometimes they felt like not going forward, just to sit back and defend but after these three points we're confident that we can build from this."
The Soweto giants also secured their first clean sheet of the campaign at the 10th attempt.
"Congratulations to everyone, the goalkeeper (Bruce Bvuma) as well, he made a good save at the end but we're not there with the quality of game that we want to put forward but we believe that going we can build from that and have more consistency," he added.
