Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi has suggested that the team played with fear in the second half against Chippa United.
Amakhosi ended the year in seventh spot in the Betway Premiership standings thanks to a first-half goal by Mduduzi Shabalala.
After getting the goal, Chiefs did not attach much in the second stanza as they were holding out for the result and Nabi says the issue is still psychological.
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"We needed to start on the front foot, I would say the first half was good, not very good but was good. The only issue is after we scored the first goal, second-half we played with fear," Nabi said on SuperSport.
"And when you play with fear, you play with the handbrake, you don't go forward, you don't go back but it's understandable, it's psychological, because the last results were not positive and the players wanted much to get the three points.
"But sometimes they felt like not going forward, just to sit back and defend but after these three points we're confident that we can build from this," Nabi said.
The Glamour Boys kept a clean-sheet for the first time in the league this season and the Tunisian congratulated his players.
"Congratulations to everyone, the goalkeeper (Bruce Bvuma) as well, he made a good save at the end but we're not there with the quality of game that we want to put forward but we believe that going we can build from that and have more consistency," the former AS FAR Rabat coach added.