Roy Krishna’s third goal in stoppage time sealed an entertaining 3-2 win for Wellington Phoenix against Melbourne City FC.
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Roy Krishna’s treble kept Wellington’s hopes alive of a home final in A-League.
Roy Krishna completed a hat trick to hand Wellington a last-gasp 3-2 win over Melbourne City and keep alive their hopes of hosting an A-League home final.
Krishna tucked home the winner from a goalmouth scramble in the 94th minute to cap a thrilling contest on Sunday in Wellington which the visitors had mostly dominated.
Riley McGree scored twice for City, both times cancelling out Krishna strikes, but the home team held firm to cement fifth place and line up a shot at a fourth-placed finish in…
Melbourne City and Adelaide United each missed plenty of chances to finish goalless at AAMI Park.
Melbourne City cruised to an early lead in the first half before they dominated Brisbane Roar to wrap up a 4-1 victory by full time.
Warren Joyce’s future as coach at Melbourne City is on the minds of the club’s players.
Melbourne City marquee Jamie Maclaren says his teammates want to know who’s coaching the A-League club next season but have to put aside uncertainty over Warren Joyce’s future as they gear up for the finals.
He’s also appealed to the club’s stay-away fans to jump on for the final month of the season to create something special. City have three home fixtures in their last four regular-season rounds, beginning with the visit of Maclaren’s former side Brisbane to AAMI Park on Friday night.
But the…
Oriol Riera hit a double as Western Sydney Wanderers eased past a toothless Melbourne City 3-0.
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Oriol Riera hit a double as Western Sydney Wanderers eased past a toothless Melbourne City 3-0. Western Sydney Wanderers’ horror A-League home run at ANZ Stadium ended with a decisive 3-0 win over finals contenders Melbourne City.
An Oriel Riera brace and a classy Mitchell Duke finish on Saturday snapped a seven-match losing streak at the venue for Wanderers, whose last win there was back on April 7 last year.
The result keeps City in fifth spot, though they could potentially drop a place by the end of the round and keep the eighth-placed Wanderers’ faint finals hopes alive.
The convincing…
Shayon Harrison scored his first goal in the A-League to help Melbourne City to a 2-0 win at the Leichhardt Oval.
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Shayon Harrison helped solidify Melbourne City’s top six position and virtually hand Perth the Premiers Plate, as the Victorian club won 2-0 against Sydney FC on Sunday.
England youth international Harrison, who made one senior appearance for Tottenham Hotspur, notched his first A-League goal in his fifth game and then watched another shot deflect in off Sydney’s Paulo Retre for City’s second.
The result at Leichhardt Oval moved City up a spot to fifth and ended a run of six games without a win and…
Riyad Mahrez was in the right place at the right time to secure a win for Manchester City and send them to the top of the Premier League.
Riyad Mahrez was in the right place at the right time to secure a win for Manchester City and send them to the top of the Premier League.
English Premier League: Riyad Mahrez (55′) Bournemouth 0-1 Man City
The parent company of Premier League champions Manchester City, MLS franchise New York City FC and A-League club Melbourne City expect to add a team in India before the end of the year.
City Football Group (CFG), which also owns Japan’s Yokohama F Marinos, Club Atletico Torque in Uruguay and FC Girona of Spain, bought a stake in third-tier Chinese side Sichuan Jiuniu in February.
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