University of Pretoria’s good run at home this season continued when they beat the embattled Free State Stars side 3-1 in an Absa Premiership match played at Tuks stadium in Pretoria. A brace inside the first six minutes from Ugandan international Geoffrey Massa set the tone for this match. AmaTuks were fresh from registering a 2-0 win over Amazulu recently. Barker is pleased with the response of his players after a slump few weeks ago…

This was Themba Sithole’s first game in charge as a caretaker coach following the axing of Steve Komphela. Call it a baptism of fire but Sithole sees only some positives from this loss…

This was Star’s sixth loss in 12 matches in the league, marking one of their worst starts in the PSL in a very long time. They are currently 13th on the log with 12 points but Sithole says this situation is not even close to being called crisis…

The win sees AmaTuks moving to the tenth spot on the log with 14 points from 12 matches. However Barker admits that he told his players to take advantage of Star’s technical team changes…Journalist: Velile Mbuli