To tell you the truth we did have a tougher run this evening than we had on Saturday and I was happy with the way my team player.

At times it was very hard to break down this resilient, well organized and strong defence, there were times when I thought that we would be happy with a draw in the end we got a goal which handed us victory which for us was much better”.

Ernst Middendorp Kaizer Chiefs Coach: “We would like to thank Manchester United for giving us this opportunity to have played against them, I think for our team it was very important to have played against a team like Manchester United.

I thought we played very well and had a number of chances which had we had taken better could have possibly changed the course of the game, in the end we showed that we do have the quality and strength to play against the best teams in the world.

Now we will have to change our focus to Orlando Pirates on Thursday and hopefully get the result that would give us another opportunity against United on Saturday in the final”.