Kaizer Chiefs interim coach Cavin Johnson has opened up on another costly
mistake by Brandon Petersen after their defeat against Golden Arrows on
Friday. Amakhosi seemed to have the match under control in the first
stanza, only to be undone by a mistake from Petersen which allowed Knox
Mutizwa to score into an empty net. The Glamour Boys managed to respond
three minutes later through an equaliser by Sifiso Hlanti, but Mutizwa
restored Arrows’ lead early in the second stanza and completed his brace.
Johnson says they will try to fix the former Bidvest Wits goalkeeper’s
mistakes and took the blame for all the errors they made against the
KwaZulu-Natal side. “Ja, if it has happened before, then we’re gonna try
and fix it but the way I look at it now he’s gonna come back, he’s made
the mistake and that’s the first mistake I look at,” Johnson told
journalists after the game. “Because every mistake now is my mistake. I
take the blame for everything that happened (against Arrows), everything
you asked me about yesterday (before the Arrows game) I wasn’t there,” he
said.
Chiefs had tried to bring veteran goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune in goal under
former coach Molefi Ntseki, but the club had not fared any better and
continued to concede and lose matches, as Khune was in goal when they were
eliminated by AmaZulu in the first round of the Carling Knockout. There
have been suggestions from supporters for Johnson to give goalkeeper Bruce
Bvuma a chance.
The Glamour Boys will be back in action next Wednesday, 8 November when
they host Cape Town Spurs before the big clash against Orlando Pirates in
the Soweto derby three days later, both matches at FNB Stadium.
