Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso reflected on his side’s draw against a difficult Richards Bay outfit.

The Brazilians played out to their second consecutive draw in the Betway Premiership after playing to a goalless draw at the Richards Bay Stadium.

The draw sees Sundowns remain in second place in the Betway Premiership standings, with 58 points, a point behind log leader Orlando Pirates.

Cardoso admitted Sundowns struggled to convert chances at key moments and, in pushing for a late winner, left themselves exposed — ultimately paying the price in a tightly contested clash.

“Difficult match as expected, what we saw on the pitch, a lot of duels, very difficult pitch to play, we knew that other teams were not able to win here for some reason,” Cardoso told SuperSport TV after the match.

“This team of Richards Bay is a team that fight, it’s not the way they play because they don’t play, but they are aggressive on the transition especially on the moments when we need to put everything to trying to get the points. But we left it.

“We didn’t score here and there and then of course we took the responsibility of trying to shift the victory in the last stages and we exposed ourselves so that’s what it is.

“Very positive was the extra three minutes we got in the last two matches for the first time in our league we got two times three minutes extra time very positive,” he concluded.