Johannesburg – Kaizer Chiefs fell to just their third loss of their league campaign with a 2-1 defeat to Wits in their Premiership match at FNB Stadium.
Wits grabbed the lead in the opening five minutes with a well-taken goal from Henrico Botes, before Siphiwe Tshabalala levelled matters in familiar fashion with a free-kick ten minutes before half-time. But it would be just before the hour mark, when The Clever Boys would outsmart the AmaKhosi to score the winner through Paseka Sekese and wrestle all three points from the encounter.
With the win, Wits remain in fourth position on the log, but crucially join Orlando Pirates on 49 points who have a superior goal difference of nine to maintain third spot. It means Wits can claim third position for the season in their final game of the season depending on what the Soweto Giants can achieve in their last fixture.
For champions Chiefs, the loss means little as they remain on 66 points and will claim their trophy on the weekend.
Wits took the lead in the fifth minute when Botes headed in a goal from a free-kick. Ben Motshwari delivered the ball into the box, and Botes met the cross perfectly to give Reyaad Pieterse no chance in the Cheifs goal and take a 1-0 lead for the visitors.
Tshabalala levelled the scores for Chiefs in the 35th minute. It was a trademark strike for the veteran player as he whipped the ball over the wall from a free kick into the back of the net as Wits keeper Moeneeb Josephs was left rooted to the spot.
The much-admired Chiefs defence were made to look ordinary as Wits took the lead again in the 58th minute. Tebogo Moerane was allowed to make a bustling run down the left without a defender in sight, before crossing the ball into the box where Sekese rose in between three defenders and his unchallenged header found the back of the net for a 2-1 lead. – ANA