Rayners Bags Brace As Sundowns Move Level With Pirates

Mamelodi Sundowns moved level on points with Orlando Pirates after a thumping 3-1 win over Sekhukhune United at Loftus Versfeld Stadium.

Arthur Sales unleashed a ferocious shot in the 24th minute but Toaster Nsabata got down well to make an easy save.

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In the 29th minute, Shaun Mogaila beat the Sundowns defence but his tame shot failed to trouble Ronwen Williams.

Sundowns then broke the deadlock through Marcelo Allende’s shot from outside the box into the right top corner to make it 1-0.

Bradley Grobler had a glorious chance to level matters in the 51st minute from Vuyo Letlapa but missed his header.

The veteran forward however made up for his earlier miss as he was on the end of Letlapa’s cross again to head past Williams and make it one-all.

Nuno Santos thought he had curled in his effort at the far post in the 75th minute but Nsabata’s fingertip save kept his side in the match.

Miguel Cardoso then rang a change with Monnapule Saleng coming on in the last 10 minutes. The former Orlando Pirates made an immediate impact setting up Iqraam Rayners for the 2-1 lead.

In the 94th minute, Iqraam netted his brace of the afternoon for the massive maximum points.

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