Parker: We Had A Psychological Advantage Over Downs

TS Galaxy interim coach Bernard Parker says they had a psychological advantage over Mamelodi Sundowns on Tuesday night.

The Rockets secured their first win under Parker after defeating the league leaders 3-2 at Mbombela Stadium.

Read: Parker's Galaxy Dash Sundowns' Title Aspirations

These two sides last met in the Nedbank Cup round of 16, where the Rockets claimed a 2-0 win enroute to reaching the final.

“As I said in the pre-match interview because of the psychological factor we have over them," Parker told SuperSport after the game.

"At the same time, they were more under pressure by them having to score a lot of goals and having to win the match and it was also good for them to win the match going to play the Champions League final – wish them all the best for the Champions League final.

“But as we say in football we don’t have answers but solutions and we came up with a solution in terms of us being disciplined, taking the responsibility and at the same time having the unity especially in our defending and just hit them on the counter-attack because we have been practising on how they keep a high-line and for us just to make sure we attack the space behind with the young man Mahlambi.

“He has been so far our dangerous player for the last couple of games so why not get the ball early to him, create one-v-one in the two previous games he got us a penalty and again today so the game-plan was spot-on in terms of us playing to our strengths."