Galaxy maintained their top spot with a 3-1 win over Extension Gunners on Saturday afternoon. For the third consecutive match, the champions had to come from behind to claim the maximum points on the day. Mpatane has since praised the team’s character following the comeback win but said they should not be living on the knife edge as the league approaches its climax.
“It is negative and positive at the same time. We cannot be living on the knife edge. Every time we go for the halftime break, we are stressed. It is for the third time now. But what I like about these boys is that the belief is there, the character is there,” he said. Mpatane added that the pressure imminent in the last remaining games and said his side should win all the remaining games. “We will have to win all the games. Even when we are behind, we know that the last 45 minutes are for us. “When it is five games left, the pressure is imminent. We cannot run away from the pressure now. I cannot run away from pressure, the boys cannot. With five games left, even the officials are under pressure,” said Mpatane.
Galaxy was a goal down as early as the eighth minute. The team conceded an early penalty after Dynamo Fredericks was adjudged to have brought down Ronny Legaetse inside the box. Onkarabile Bogatsu confidently sent Goitsone Phoko the wrong way to give Gunners the lead. The visitors held a 1-0 lead until the break. Galaxy got their equaliser on the 10th minute of the second half when substitute, Wendell Rudath's finished a low cross from the left into the bottom corner. Tebogo Kopelang made it 2-1 for the home side on the 77th minute. Thero Setsile, with his 14th league goal put the final nail on the coffin with a tap in from a perfectly placed low cross from Onkabetse Makgantai.
The teams:
Galaxy: Goitseone Phoko, Moagi Sechele, Tebogo Kopelang, Lesego Kereedilwe (Fortunate Thulare), Tlamelo Kolagano, Nqobizitha Masuku, Dynamo Fredericks (Wendell Rudath), Gilbert Baruti, Thero Setsile, Neo Mokhachane (Onkabetse Makgantai), Thabang Sesinyi (Mxolisi Mkhonto)
Gunners: Kabelo Kuti, Mpho Kgaswane, Thamiso Gaogangwe, Onkarabile Bogatsu, Mbase Ngakaetsile , Ofentse Nato, Kgopolo Gaseleme (Thuso Keraetswe), Ronny Legaetse (Morebodi Haenanyana), Pako Modikwa (Moses Sondashi), Kgotso Phuti, Kesekile Chivese (Letsile Montsho)
Galaxy 3 (Rudath 55th, Kopelang 77th, Setsile 86th) Gunners 1 (Bogatsu eighth, pen)
