Ten-man Sydney FC have been narrowly defeated 2-1 away to reigning A-League Champions Central Coast Mariners after having goalkeeper Harrison Devenish-Meares sent off in the first half.
Sydney FC 1 (Klimala 65’) def. by Central Coast Mariners 2 (Kuol 58’, 70’)
Moments That Mattered
43’ | DEVENISH-MEARES SENT OFF – Sydney FC goalkeeper Harrison Devenish-Meares is shown a red card after clashing with Alou Kuol outside the box.
49’ | REDMAYNE SAVE – Redmayne makes a remarkable save from close range from Brian Kaltak’s header.
58’ | KUOL GOAL – Kuol heads home inside the six yard box from a right wing centre.
65’ | KLIMALA GOAL – Lolley battles for the ball twice and nudges the ball to Klimala who finishes well first time.
70’ | KUOL GOAL – Kuol strikes a second goal with his head following a marvellous centre from Mikel Doka.
Ten-man Sydney FC have been defeated against a stubborn Central Coast Mariners squad who took the points thanks to two goals from striker Alou Kuol.
The Sky Blues dominated the opening half but things changed when goalkeeper Harrison Devenish-Meares was sent off for bringing down Kuol outside the box as he chased a throughball.
His replacement Redmayne made a remarkable save in the 50th minute but couldn’t deny Kuol eight minutes later when he struck a brilliant header.
Polish frontman Patryk Klimala equalised shortly after following good work from Lolley but Kuol notched the match winner moments later, heading home a fabulouse cross from Doka.
What They Said: Ufuk Talay: “I thought until the red card we were quite comfortable, I thought we had a lot of the ball.
“Did we create enough chances? Probably not at times but having the protagonist is more difficult than being a team that sits behind the ball and waits for moments to counter attack.
“Obviously the red card changes the game but the goals that we concede, I believe has got nothing to do with tactics.
“It’s just defending the moment, individual challenges the we need to make in the box and two headers where we don’t challenge the player, we lost the player in the box and he gets his head on the ball again.
“The boys worked hard to get themselves back into the game so disappointed to lose it 2-1.”
Sydney FC: 12. Harrison DEVENISH-MEARES (GK), 4. Jordan COURTNEY-PERKINS (25. Jaiden KUCHARSKI 79’), 5. Hayden MATTHEWS (16. Joel KING 79’), 8. Anas OUAHIM (1. Andrew REDMAYNE 43’), 9. Patryk KLIMALA, 10. Joe LOLLEY, 11. Douglas COSTA (7. Adrian SEGECIC 53’), 15. Leo SENA (3. Aaron GURD 53’), 17. Anthony CACERES, 23. Rhyan GRANT (C), 41. Alex POPOVIC.
Unused Subs: 13. Patrick WOOD, 33. Marin FRANCE.
Yellow Cards: Grant 45’.
Red Cards: Devenish-Meares 43’.
Central Coast Mariners FC: 40. Dylan PERAIC-CULLEN
(GK), 3. Brian KALTAK, 7. Christian THEOHAROUS (11. Vitor FEIJAO63’), 8. Alfie MCCALMONT, 9. Alou KUOL (17. Sabit NGOR 93’), 10. Mikael DOKA, 12. Lucas MAURAGIS, 15. Storm ROUX, 16. Harry STEELE, 27. Sasha KUZEVSKI (36. Haine EAMES 74’), 33. Nathan PAULL.
Subs: 1. Adam PAVLESIC (GK), 5. Noah SMITH, 24. Diesel HERRINGTON, 28. Will WILSON.
Yellow Cards: Mauragis 28’, Steele 32’, McCalmont 80’.
Red Cards: None
Venue: Central Coast Stadium
Referee: Adam Kersey
