Kaizer Chiefs coach Steve Komphela has to sort out last season's problem of conceding late goals if the team are to succeed this season.

Amakhosi let themselves down when they conceded deep into injury time against Bidvest Wits at FNB Stadium at the weekend.

Siphiwe Tshabalala had put them ahead just after the break, but Egyptian striker Amr Gamal caught the Chiefs defence napping to score and earn his side a point.

Chiefs have been in this situation before and just towards the end of last season, they struggled to hold on to their lead, which ruled them out of the race for the title.

"In short, we gave it away (against Wits). We could have managed the game much better and that's it. There's very little you can say," Komphela reflected.

Komphela has also been criticised for failing to guide Amakhosi past a team that was playing with 10 men after Wits defender Nazeer Allie was sent off just before the break. The former Bafana Bafana assistant argued that Wits, like any other team, would have improved their level of concentration in a situation where they were playing with one man short.

"Performance wise, I thought we did well and based on the fact that we were one man up, it could have been better," Komphela acknowledged.

"But the logic behind any team that is one man down is that people start to focus more, start to concentrate more, give more and there's more discipline because you know there is a lot that you need to cover," he said.

"When you have your normal numbers, 11, people just take on their responsibility. So your heightened level of concentration when you are a man down is far better.

"The one thing we didn't do is that we should have killed the game by getting a second goal," he added.