Kaizer Chiefs suffered a 2-0 defeat to Chippa United in front of a sell-out crowd on a gloomy day in East London on Saturday, to bring an end to a dark week for the Club following the tragic passing of Luke Fluers a few days ago.

First half goals from Bienvenu Eva Nga and Sinoxolo Kwayiba were enough to secure the three DStv Premiership points for the Chilli Boys. The match was played in difficult conditions on a pitch heavy from the rain that fell throughout the day, and cutting up badly, making flowing football virtually impossible.

Amakhosi began the match at a high tempo and had Chippa on the retreat from the word go. Within the opening five minutes, they had already had four efforts on goal, twice through Edmilson Dove, as well as Dillon Solomons and Ranga Chivaviro, although none of them found the target.In the 19th minute, Christian Saile produced a burst of pace that left the Chippa defence in his wake before cutting the ball back for Chivaviro, who was beaten to the ball by debutant goalkeeper Darren Johnson.

The Chilli Boys took the lead totally against the run of play in the 21st minute. Skipper Justice Chabalala flicked on a long throw from the right and burly Cameroonian striker, Eva Nga, rose to head powerfully past Bruce Bvuma.

The goal stunned Chiefs and they were fortunate not to go two down after 29 minutes when Sinoxolo Kwayiba slipped through the defence and only alert goalkeeping from Bvuma, who shot speedily off his line to block the striker’s effort, kept the ball out of the net.

Amakhosi were not as fortunate three minutes later, as a neat passing interchange between Kwayibal, Eva Nga and Ayabulela Konqobe fashioned an opening for Kwayiba to rifle an unstoppables shot pat Bvuma to make it 2-0.