Bernard Parker after TS Galaxy 2-1 loss to Durban City in the Nedbank Cup final: I think our defence has let us down in many games this year

Bernard Parker has identified TS Galaxy’s defensive frailties as the source of their 2-1 loss to Durban City in the Nedbank Cup final last night.

Parker’s Galaxy lost to a Jean Lwamba and a Mfanafuthi Mkhize goals at the New Peter Mokaba Stadium match with Lwamba scoring in his own net for Galaxy’s only goal on the evening.

Parker, who took over from Adnan Beganovic and Nerman Basic, who were sacked a week before the final said Galaxy’s defensive line has not been one made of a brick-wall but rather it has been their Achilles Heel.

“We've conceded a lot, I think we've conceded in every game this year – even in the draw we had against Stellies, we conceded as well," said Parker after the game speaking to SABC Sport.

"So, for me, coming in I had to make sure we deal with that leak, we dealt with that leak well in terms of being proactive and aggressive at the same time.

"Our front foot defending, we dealt with that well according to the understanding of the players and how we want to solve that problem, and we had a 0-0 last week.

"Coming into this week, I felt it was something good in terms of keeping a clean sheet going into the cup final and just building from there on, and believe you me, if we had kept a clean sheet today, we would be speaking a different story now because we had a goal.

"So it is something that myself and my technical staff fixed, but I guess you cannot fix things in football overnight."