AmaZulu head coach Brandon Truter felt his side should have been awarded a penalty in the second half against Mamelodi Sundows.
With the game seemingly headed for a draw, Marcelo Allende popped up with the winner for Sundowns in second-half stoppage time.
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The Usuthu tactician felt there were a number of decisions that did not go his side's way on the day.
"Ja I think it was a very good tactical battle, both teams played exceptionally well, we knew what Sundowns was gonna do, we made it uncomfortable for them," Truter told SuperSport after the game.
"Even though they dominated a bit of possession but very close possession stakes. Having said, I think between the two teams it took a deflection to get them a goal but we had so many good chances to score in the first-half.
"Even in the second half as well. Look it takes a referee with some really big balls to make decisions like that and I don't think he had.
"He's on the ground, he stops 'Rama' [Ramahlwe Mphahlele] from moving forward and he stops the ball with his hands, [if] that's not a penalty denied I don't know.
"But besides that, some decisions in the first half as well, I don't want to talk much about the referee. I'm proud of my boys, I'm proud about how they executed the plan as well," he went on.
"We knew what Sundowns were going to do. Look Sundowns are not there [at the top of the log] for no reason, you know what they going to do but because of the quality they possess they can turn it around.
"But we contained them, we knew what was expected, tactically we sticked to the plan and we created some openings here and there. We put them under tremendous pressure with set-plays as well. So ja to concede that time I don't think the results are a fair reflection of the game."
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