It was the kind of victory which sometimes marks out league champions; the ability to win against fired-up opposition even when not fully firing on all cylinders.
Certainly it was Bakgaga who had enjoyed the upper hand in a goal-less first half at Loftus. Downs were better in the second half and scored in the 63rd and 68th minutes, through Gaston Sirino and Peter Shalulile, respectively. I think in the second half Sundowns came back with a much different game-plan altogether, former Chiefs and Pirates defender Tau said in his role as a SuperSport TV analyst after the match. It was more to take control of the game, yet Baroka came in and created chances. When you look on the balance of play, Baroka did have chances where they could have actually stolen this game.”