SEEN in the colours of Cape Town Spurs, Therlo Moosa scored a crucial goal for Cape Town City to win 1-0 against Milford FC in the PSL promotion playoffs on saturday

Cape Town City gave themselves a lifeline in the PSL promotion/relegation playoffs after securing a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Milford FC at the Umhlathuze Sports Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Therlo Moosa popped up with the winner seven minutes from time.

The result was exactly what the Citizens needed after a difficult start to the mini-league and keeps their hopes of retaining Premiership status firmly alive heading into the final round of fixtures.

With Milford entering the encounter at the top of the playoff standings, the hosts knew that a victory would all but secure a historic promotion to South African football's top flight.