Bafana Bafana head coach Stuart Baxter has lavished his charges after trouncing Nigeria 2-0 in their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday.

Goals from Tokelo Rantie and Percy Tau helped South Africa secure their second victory in a competitive game over Nigeria as Gernot Rohr’s side was outplayed in almostt all the departments.

According to the tactician, the Super Eagles were lucky to concede only two goals as the boys wasted many glorious chances .

”We set out to contain the Super Eagles in the first 20 minutes to prevent them from scoring so we played deeper, and after that we tried to open the field the way we wanted to,’’ as quoted by  Goal Nigeria after the game.

”As it turned, we could have scored more goals. I don’t want to sound like a bad winner but I think we could have scored more with a little bit of more composure.

”Beating Nigeria 2-0 on their home soil is massive for my players and the football association of the country. I am very pleased.”

However, Baxter described Nigeria as a good team and a technically superior side in the hotly contested game that was played away from the capital of Nigeria.

”I think Nigeria have a very good team,” he continue. ”All we did was stop them from playing and hurt them whenever we have the ball.

”Nigeria are a very good side, I am just proud of the way my players played in terms of preventing them from scoring and creating chances to score.”

Bafana Bafana’s win placed them second in Group E with inferior goals difference to leaders, Libya. They host Libya in their next encounter on March 27, 2018.