Tinkler: That's the quality Pirates possess

Cape Town City head coach Eric Tinkler says Orlando Pirates only had two clear chances in the entire game on Wednesday evening.

City's winless run extended to ten matches after a second-half brace by Pirates striker Tshegofatso Mabasa.

"I think in the first-half we contained them extremely well, I think we started to frustrate them the longer the half went on, the more difficult it was for them to penetrate, Darren (Keet) didn't have to make a save in that first-half," Tinkler told SuperSport.

"It was just us on the ball, we didn't commit more in attack with two strikers like we have hoped, we didn't really create many chances but I was quite happy with the team's performance in the first-half, we managed to keep nil-nil and obviously frustrate a quality team like Pirates.

"Took a bit of a gamble, made a change at half-time, I thought we needed to be better on the ball in attack and the quality that Pirates possessed in the second-half, two opportunities, two goals, that's the quality that they have and we find ourselves on the losing side," he said.

"But ja, second-half not as great as the first-half in terms of how we contained them but the quality they possess, two opportunities, two goals, so congratulations to them."

City had an appeal for a handball in the box on Pirates player Deon Hotto but Tinkler did not want to dwell on the incident.

"To be honest I can't really comment on that, I saw everybody raising their hand saying it was handball, whether it was or wasn't I don't know, it makes no difference, it wasn't given," he said.

A top eight position in danger?

"We'll keep fighting, don't worry," Tinkler added.

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