Hunt pleased with players after Sundowns draw

Gavin Hunt praised his players for their application as they ground out a goalless draw against champions Mamelodi Sundowns without having a shot on goal in their DStv Premiership clash on Tuesday.

Chippa have taken four points from their opening two games in a pleasing start to the season as Hunt tries to build his squad, with late arrivals into the team and more expected this week.

"I think everybody stuck to the task, that's the most important thing. I mean, [some] players came in yesterday, a day before," Hunt said. "We didn't really so too much, but we stuck to it, we set out what we wanted to do. I thought we had a chance in the first-half, the best chance. But they [Sundowns] will always have the ball, the quality is there. We stuck to the task.

"They won the league how many times in a row, that's who they are, the Champions Leagues and things like that. We're miles away from that but, one day at a time, one step at a time, try to build from there.

“The most important thing for us is not to concede too many goals and we can try build from that. We kept the shape, we kept the distances tight, if the distances are tight, it doesn't matter who you're playing against, you can still have a chance.

"But as I said, one day at a time, that's all we can do. We've got four points, we need to get to 30 [points] as quickly as possible."

Chippa are next in action away at Royal AM on September 12.