Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso says his side ‘really felt the spirit of Ubuntu’ in their win against Sekhukhune United in the Betway Premiership.

Sundowns walked away with all three points after they secured a 2-0 victory over Sekhukhune through two late goals from Nuno Santos and Brayan Leon at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Tuesday.

The win sees Sundowns open a three-point gap over second-placed Orlando Pirates at the top of the table, with 32 points from 15 matches.

Sekhukhune, meanwhile, remain in fifth place on the table with 26 points from 16 matches.

“This is the spirit the team had today. We felt the spirit inside the pitch, we felt the spirit in the locker room, we felt it in the stands, and this is really the spirit of Ubuntu that we have in our shirts,” Cardoso told SuperSport TV after the match.

“The families today, congratulations to everybody.

“Today was a game of a lot of creativity. We knew that the game probably would finish in the end, but we told the boys today, the starters would be as important as the finishers in order to put intensity, rhythm to make the Sekhukhune players tired to force them to really run in the end without energy and capacity to process everything we could make.

“Fantastic pressure we had to prepare this match. It was beautiful, we brought almost all team.

“They understood that they had to be committed and congratulations. Congratulations to the players, congratulations to everybody that believes.

“We need all the fans to believe on us. To really believe and lift the spirit of the team and we dedicate the victory to the ones that are always with us.”