A draw would have been fair for Enyimba - Aigbogun

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The Peoples' Elephant's loss at Sundowns leaves them on the brink of elimination, but their handler is confident of their progression to the next round. Enyimba coach Paul Aigbogun has expressed his disappointment at his side's 2-1 loss to Mamelodi Sundowns, saying a draw would have been a fair reflection of his team's performance.

Wayne Arendse's 78th minute winner condemned the Nigerian champions to defeat which leaves the Peoples' Elephants on the brink of elimination with two losses in their two Group B fixtures.

"I felt it was a very good, entertaining game for everybody; obviously I'm disappointed that we lost [because] I thought probably 1-1 would have been a fair result," said Aigbogun after the game.

"We played well, but we just have to work on one or two things. It's not easy coming here because Sundowns are a good team at the moment, especially their attacking force.

"I think it was an even game, we had opportunities, they had opportunities and we're just disappointed that we didn't come away with at least a draw."

Aigbogun is confident they can win their remaining to group games and hopes that either Sundowns or Zamalek will do them a favour to seal qualification to the next round of the competition.

"[Two defeats] makes it difficult because one team is out so we don't have the extra couple of games," he added.  "But we'll go back home, we'll win the home game [against Sundowns] and look to win the away game [against Zamalek], and then hope that one of the other teams do us a favour."