Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter has revealed that he was crying out for a couple of his players stamp their authority on the Soweto derby.
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AmaKhosi came back from a goal down to earn a 1-1 draw with Bucs at the FNB Stadium on Saturday, preserving their three point cushion at the top of the standings.
The Englishman was thrilled to be part of the biggest game on the South African football calendar, but although he was satisfied with the performance of his players, he felt they could have taken more responsibility on occasion.
"When you sit on the bench on a day today you can smell football, you can hear football you can see football. The hairs on the back of my neck were standing up," he said in reference to the 94 000 fans in Soweto.
Baxter feels that his side only started to play football once they had gone behind to Collins Mbesuma's strike.
"Fantastic day but I'm disappointed that we didn't give the fans some better football. It was low risk, play balls into dangerous areas.
"I was desperate for the players to be a bit braver, to get on the ball and play. But the occasion sometimes take over.
"We have to be braver on the ball. We got back into the game by being braver on the ball, but when we got back to 1-1, we stopped gain
"I think we need to know what we do well and keep on doing it, its not bad."
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