Sydney FC have gone down to a heavy defeat in their fourth game in 13 days away to league leaders Melbourne City.
Sydney FC 0 def. by Melbourne City 4 (Bos 27’, Leckie 65’, 73’, Maclaren 70’)
Moments That Mattered:
BOS GOAL – 27’ – Bos shoots from the edge of the box through a crowd of players and the ball finds the corner.
DONACHIE HITS POST – 38’ – A left wing corner to the back post from Caceres finds the head of Donachie who strikes the post and then his follow up is blocked by Jenkinson.
LECKIE GOAL – 56’ – Nabbout gets to the byline and lifts a ball to the back post for Leckie to head home.
LE FONDRE SHOT SAVED – 60’ – A long ball forward for Narsingh to chase comes back to Le Fondre who shoots from range but Glover is down to save it.
MACLAREN HITS POST – 65’ – Nabbout crosses to the far post again and its played back across to Maclaren who hits the post.
MACLAREN GOAL – 70’ – Maclaren is played through on goal by Tilio and makes no mistake.
LECKIE GOAL – 73’ – Leckie flicks the ball up and drills it into the corner from distance.
AMINI SHOT WIDE – 82’ – Amini sends a long range shot wide of the post from a free kick.
What They Said: Alex Wilkinson:- “A very tough night, we didn’t keep the ball well enough.
“I thought we started the second half alright but then conceded from one of our corners in transition and it puts us on the back foot.
“The next two games are must wins basically, we have to get six points from that so we’ll re-group quickly and do our analysis, get back to Sydney and work on beating the Mariners on Saturday.”
Match Report
Sydney FC’s fourth game in 13 days has ended in defeat away to Isuzu Ute A-League leaders Melbourne City.
City took the lead midway through the first half when a long-range shot was fired through a sea of legs by Jordan Bos.
James Donachie almost equalized just before the break when a corner was headed against the post.
The Sky Blues started brightly in the second half however a break from a corner saw Leckie head home after VAR ruled Nabbout’s cross hadn’t crossed the goalline.
Two goals from Maclaren and Leckie put the result beyond doubt and the Sky Blues look forward to facing Central Coast Mariners and Adelaide United in the next six days.
Sydney FC: 20. Tom HEWARD-BELLE (GK), 2. James DONACHIE (3. Ben WARLAND 76’), 4. Alex WILKINSON ©, 5. Connor O’TOOLE, 6. Mustafa AMINI, 11. Kosta BARBAROUSES (10. Milos NINKOVIC 57’), 12. Trent BUHAGIAR (16. Luciano NARSINGH 57’), 14. Adam LE FONDRE, 17. Anthony CACERES, 25. Callum TALBOT, 32. Patrick YAZBEK (22. Max BURGESS 57’).
Unused Subs: 30. Adam PAVLESIC (GK), 8. Paulo RETRE, 9. BOBÔ.
Yellow Cards: Le Fondre 32’, Yazbek 35’, Talbot 91’.
Red Cards: None.
Melbourne City FC: 1. Thomas GLOVER (GK), 5. Rostyn GRIFFITHS (4. Nuno PEREIRA REIS 63’), 6. Carl JENKINSON, 7. Mathew LECKIE (3. Scott JAMIESON 76’), 8. Aiden O’NEILL (23. Marco TILIO 36’), 9. Jamie MACLAREN, 10. Florin BERENGUER-BOHRER (16. Taras GOMULKA 76’), 15. Andrew NABBOUT, 18. Connor METCALFE, 22. Curtis GOOD, 3. Jordan BOS.
Subs: 33. Matthew SUTTON (GK), 35. Raphael BORGES-RODRIGUES, 36. Kerrin STOKES.
Yellow Cards: None
Red Cards: None.
Venue: AAMI Park
Referee: Alex King.
