WITS midfield maestro Matthew Pattison believes he has found the perfect team to showcase his full potential in the Premier Soccer League.
Pattison was a key figure in the Clever Boys' 3-2 win over Kaizer Chiefs on Friday as his side knocked the Soweto giants out of the Telkom Knockout.
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Pattison had a six-month stay with relegated Santos at the beginning of the year, before he was snatched up by Wits prior to the start of the new season.
"I'm enjoying my football again," said Pattison.
"I'm at the right club now and looking forward to some long, happy years here."
The hard-working midfielder put in a man-of-the-match performance to sink Amakhosi on Friday night. He opened the scoring 10 minutes into the game, and assisted in Papy Faty's and Letsie Koapeng's scoring of Wits' other goals on the night.
Even Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter had some compliments for the gutsy and sedulous midfield whiz.
"I thought he [Pattison] did exceptionally well. He was afforded space which he should not have been afforded and he used it well. He is an exceptional player," said Baxter.
The result was one of sweet revenge for The Students who had earlier in the season suffered a 3- 1 league defeat to the table-topping Amakhosi.
"It was a bit of revenge. We don't want to lose any game, but when you play Chiefs in a cup game you want to win and we wanted to progress to the next round [of the Knockout]," Pattison said.
He is hoping the side will go as far as possible in the competition, but is aware it will not be easy.
"We'll move on to the next round and hope for a good draw. However, at this stage there are no good draws. They are all quality teams and we will just have to beat them all," said Pattison.
On Saturday Wits travel to the Lucas Moripe stadium to take on Supersport United in a league encounter.
Source :sportlive.co.za
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