Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena has reflected on his side's perfect record in the DStv Premiership coming to an end.
The Brazilians' winning run in the league stopped at 11 games after the stalemate against Cape Town City on Sunday afternoon.
"I'm very proud of our players, this group, this group is doing things that are very difficult, the marathon we're running and it's not easy but look, I say to the players: 'The result belongs to anybody and you can't win them all," Mokwena told SuperSport after the game.
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"Just because you won 11 in a row doesn't mean we're entitled to win every single game, what you own is the process to try win the match and when I look at the indicators, how many chances for City?
"I'm not so sure they had too many chances. Did we create a few chances? I think so, maybe not as best as we possibly can and also we made a couple of mistakes both in build-up and in the final third but you can put that on fatigue and many other things.
"So I'm happy we stuck to the process, we tried to win the game and as I said, the result can belong to anybody."
Mokwena also backed his decision to start Sipho Mbule and Bongani Zungu in the midfield, as Themba Zwane and Marcelo Allende started on the bench.
"Look, I think even the starting line-up I'm happy, Zungu did the best that he can, Sipho did the best that he can, they haven't played football in a very long time, they struggled also with injuries and physically, the condition is also not at the level that we want," he said.
"So they gave us 60 odd very good minutes and I'm very happy for that and then we had to change a little bit the dynamic, because also when they put (Brice) Ambina in and they strengthen the midfield, we needed a bit of legs and Modiba comes on, 'Mshishi' (Zwane) comes on as a ten, it gets a little bit more stable.
"And then you can get a few chances and then of course the line goes a little bit higher because they try to push for the result at home and then you try to use Maseko and Lesiba Nku's speed in the wide areas and in the dead zones but very proud of the effort of the players you know," he said.
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