Richards Bay FC coach Brandon Truter claims they were not troubled by Orlando Pirates in their loss on Sunday.
The Natal Rich Boys were minutes away from picking up a point against the Buccaneers until Kabelo Dlamini scored a wonderful free-kick.
Truter was surprised to see his goalkeeper Ian Otieno get the Man of the Match award despite only making two big saves in the game.
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"The man of the match for making a double save once off? We were not even really troubled, I think we had it in the bag or at least get something out of the game. A set play today and a set play against Chippa [led to us losing]," Truter told SuperSport after the game.
"We're difficult to break down. Compliment to them but we also had our chances, miscued and rushed as well. Once they got the set-play, they scored from it.
"We had to make tactical changes. We were on the front foot, unlucky we ran out of time there. We had them on the back foot.
"But massive effort from the boys, thank you to them. I think we deserved a bit more but unlucky, congratulations to Pirates," Truter said.
Richards Bay now have a long break until their next fixture on 25 October and Truter hopes tweak a few things before then.
"We have a lot of fatigue, unnecessary muscle injuries," he added.
"The boys have been together for around eight weeks during pre-season, we're looking at time off, recuperating and working on our playing model. We need to settle and find consistency," the former Moroka Swallows mentor added.
