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Kaizer Chiefs coach Gavin Hunt has admitted that his first few months at the club are the most challenging of his long and successful coaching career.
Hunt, who has won four league titles and numerous cup competitions at different clubs, has fought to get the Chiefs into the league as they finished the year fifth from the bottom of the standings with seven points from eight games.
In their final match of the year, Amakhosi drew 1-1 against a determined Celtic from Bloemfontein at FNB Stadium on Saturday as they gave up an early lead.
“Yes, it certainly is. It’s only been six, seven, eight games, but it hasn’t been easy, ”he said when asked about his short stint with the Chiefs who were banned from signing players.
“I know where the problems are, but we have to keep fighting and that’s all you can do in football.
“We cannot change anything in terms of what I am talking about, so we have to keep fighting and do the best we can.
“We have to try to improve defensively because if you want to get out of a situation, you have to be better defensively.
“As I always say, I’d rather tie games 0-0 than 2-2, and people may say it’s negative, but I don’t think so. We have to be a little harder to beat.”
Looking back at the loot share with Celtic, Hunt said it was two points less than one earned.
“Based on the evidence from the opportunities we created, I think two points are lost. I think we had great chances in the first half and they didn’t have any that I can remember.
“In the second half, they scored a wonderful goal, but you can’t let the ball fall in front of your back four like that. I think it’s more two points lost than one won,” that’s for sure.
“I am very disappointed with the result because I thought that in the first half we had great opportunities.
“Even with the SuperSport United game last week we had great opportunities, but you have to take advantage of those opportunities. We are playing the extra pass all the time.
“We took the lead and they never seemed to score, they had a chance and we got a little poorly disciplined in the defensive area and that was it. I’m very disappointed with the draw.”
Celtic coach John Maduka was happy with the point.
“When we introduced some players in the second half with fresh legs, it helped us a lot and we were able to move forward and we looked dangerous,” he said.
“We are happy with the point we got and are looking forward to the next games next year.
“It would be ungrateful to say that we are not happy with a point because a point is better than losing a game.
“Don’t forget this is our first point away from home, so we’re happy to take one point from the Chiefs.”
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