Mamelodi Sundowns beat Black leopards 5-1 in an ABSA Premier League fixture at the Loftus Versveld stadium on Sunday, 30 October.
Leopards failed to sink in their claws to an already injured Sundowns team which suffered an attack from swallows in their previous match. The first goal of the six goal thriller came in the first half after Mamelodi Sundowns striker Nyasha Mushekwi netted in the opening goal which left leopard’s keeper Posnet Omony pouncing on air, Mushekwi went on to score a second goal in the 63rd minuet making most deserving of the man of the match prize.
Bafana Bafana striker Katlego Mphela scored two goals making him the top goal scorer of the ABSA Premiership league, with a total of seven goals to his name. Richard Henikani scored his first long awaited goal in two years which came in the 87th minuet, shortly after leopards scored their consolation goal from a brilliant direct free kick taken by Khethokwekhe Masuku and further denied downs keeper Calvin Marlin a clean sheet in the 85th minute. After scoring all their goals downs still aspired to score more until the final whistle which ended leopards’ spa treatment that left the team with blunt claws
Downs moves to 3rd place on the log with 19 goals to date, as part of cancer awareness month the Brazilians contributed R50 000 towards breast cancer research, the amount was calculated according to the amount of goals scored by the team.
By Robert Mabusela
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