Black Leopards could not absorb the pressure and gave away league points to Mamelodi Sundows at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Pretoria on Sunday afternoon. The Brazilians  beat Lidoda Duvha 1-0.

It was the The Brazillians' first victory in five matches.

Sundowns’ killer striker, Katlego Mphela, who has just recuperated from a long-time injury, was the thorn in the flesh of the defence of Lidoda Duvha.

The keeper of Leopards, Ayanda Mtshali, denied the home side numerous sure goals in the first 20 minutes. In the first instance, it was their Zimbawean international, Nyasha Mshekwi, who could not believe his eyes after Mtshali stretched to the limit to execute a brilliant save.

Katlego Mphela missed a fortune a little later. He received a beautiful pass from Mshekwi outside the box. Instead of returning the pass back to Mphela, who was in a perfect scoring position, Mshekwi chose to try his luck by unleashing a volley that made the Leopards keeper, Ayanda Mtshali, perform overtime duties. Mtshali palmed the ball out for a corner kick.

It was in the 34th minute when The Brazillians took the lead. Mshekwi initiated a solo move from the centre of the park and dished a pre-cooked pass to Mphela, who easily beat the stranded Mtshali with a volley.

Leopards did not sit back and relax after the Sundowns goal. Their leading goal scorer, Rodney Ramagalela, continued to knock on the opponents’ door, with no success. Leopards replaced Raymond Monama and Moses Kwena with Thabo Mongalo and Ernot Dzaga respectively in the 67th minute. Although the replacements managed to change the complexion of the game, it was difficult for Leopards to find their way through the defence of Sundowns.