Former Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates captain Jimmy Tau has on what he believes is a 'lack of discipline' at Amakhosi.
Chiefs suffered a shock 2-0 defeat to Polokwane City at the New Peter Mokaba Stadium on Sunday, in what was their eighth match of the 2024/25 season.
Notably, the Nasreddine Nabi-led side has yet to keep a single clean sheet.
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Oswin Appollis opened the scoring in the first half, before Mokibelo Ramabu put the nail in Amakhosi's coffin, with just two minutes left on the clock.
Reviewing the match on SuperSport TV's ExtraTime, Tau disagreed with Nabi - who had claimed that Chiefs' only problem is scoring goals during his post-match interview.
"I think it [the problem at Chiefs) is more than scoring, it is defending, it is structure. It's a discipline," Tau said.
"You look at the last goal they conceded. It's the 88th minute, the goal kick was taken by [Sibongiseni] Mthethwa, who passes to [Yusuf] Maart.
"At no point do you see the centre-backs appearing anywhere? That's a lack of discipline because you need to keep the structure of the team.
"The fact that your two centre-backs are going to be in the build-up but then when the break happens, none of them are actually there.
"So I think there is a lot. Defensively, I think they are found wanting."
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Chiefs will have a chance to collect perhaps their first win in three outings and first clean sheet of the season when they meet TS Galaxy at Mbombela Stadium on Monday.