Gavin Hunt praises fighting spirit as SuperSport battle back to beat Spurs

It took an extra-time goal from Lebohand Maboe (119') to seal a 2-1 come-from-behind win after Ime Okon's 36th minute goal had cancelled out a fifth minute opener from Therlo Moosa.

While SuperSport are enduring a difficult season in the South African top-flight in 12th place on the standings, Spurs are languishing near the foot of the Motsepe Foundation Championship, in 15th place.

SuperSport were pushed all the way by their first division opponents, leaving Hunt relieved to have won the game.

He said on SuperSport: "Good performance again, going a goal down and fighting.

"They got a lot of experience on their side, they got a lot of guys that played a lot of football, a lot of them played for me.

"They settled in and made it difficult for us. The turnover is obviously going to be important for them, and we handled it very well."

Hunt added: "There were one or two key moments that were scary, but we had a lot of opportunities around the box.

"We got to be a little bit better, but we got through; that's the main thing, we got a little bit of momentum."

SuperSport are next in action away to Kaizer Chiefs on Tuesday.