Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou reflects on Siwelele draw: "We have to believe until the end"

Ouaddou's charges where held to a 1-1 draw at the Orlando Amstel Arena on Saturday after Tshepang Moremi cancelled out Vincent Pule's 29th minute opener with his goal six minutes into the second half.

The result left the Buccaneers on the top of the Premiership standings on points from 21 games, while Mamelodi Sundowns in second are just one point worse off but with a game in hand.

The Bucs boss admits his side were guilty of missing a number of chances but says there is still time in their campaign to make up for the dropped points.

He told SuperSport after the match: "We did the game we wanted to do. We had the control, we played high in the last third of the opponent most of the time, we created so many chances, so the most difficult is to create the chances, which we did."

Siwelele hardly created any chances throughout the tie and scored with virtually their first attack.

"I think the opponent used one mistake we had in the beginning and they scored, and after, the rest of the game we were dominant," added Ouaddou. "But it doesn't mean winning the game. I have nothing to reproach the boys, they had a good game.

"We knew it would be very difficult against Siwelele, we have to congratulate them for their match. They took two points, unfortunately. Everyone saw the boys wanted to win this game but I'm not worried, if we keep playing like that until the end of the season, many things can happen, so we have to believe until the end."

Pirates are next in action against TS Galaxy at Mbombela Stadium next weekend.