A four goal haul from Lehlohonolo Majoro sent Kaizer Chiefs cruising into the Nedbank Cup quarter-finals as they thumped Black Leopards 4-0 at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday.
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The Amakhosi striker will surely not score an easier treble in the rest off his career, with his first three goals coming from right in front of the goal.
Credit for the first two must go to Siphiwe Tshabalala though, with the playmaker breaking down the middle of the park before passing the ball on to Majoro who was played on side before turning and putting the ball in the back of the net.
Two minutes later and the Bafana Bafana ace was again the architect, controlling wonderfully inside the area before teeing up Majoro who slid home his second.
With just 16 minutes gone on the clock the Amakhosi ace completed his treble, Azwindini Maphaha only managing to parry a header into the path of the striker, who rolled the ball home from a few feet out.
David Zulu had a golden chance to pull one back for the hosts in the dying seconds of the first-half, but Arthur Bartman just managed to get a block in after the striker had twisted his way clean through on goal.
Just seven minutes after the break Majoro added his fourth, latching on to an excellent cross before holding off his marker and slamming home into the top corner.
Chiefs continued to dominate for long spells in the second-half, although Bobe did manage to bring out a magnificent save from Bartman who dived to his left to just tip out the Leopards skipper's curling effort.
Joshua Obaje missed a glorious chance for Leopards to grab a consolation as the substitute was played down the middle before dragging the ball past his marker and leaving himself one-on-one with Bartman, but the forward somehow sent his shot wide from just a few yards out.
A late counter attack from Chiefs looked for all the world like it's going to end in a fifth goal, but Mandla Masango tried to go for an audacious curling effort from an impossible angle which, unsurprisingly, went nowhere near the goal.
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