Derby delight ... Bozza heaps praise on Western Sydney Wanderers. Source: Mark Evans / News Limited
Fox Sports football commentator Mark Bosnich and Melbourne Victory legend Kevin Muscat look at a changing of the guard in Sydney as they review round 11 of the A-League.
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Central Coast Mariners 2 defeated Melbourne Heart 0 at Bluetongue Stadium
Bozza: The Mariners just keep on defying everybody. Graham Arnold takes great delight in telling us his side is flying under the radar, but I'm sorry Arnie, you are the A-League favourites. They are a wonderfully run club and brilliantly coached. They have some superb individuals who don't get the credit they deserve. There's still a long way to go and they'll be mindful that they haven't won the trophy in the past couple of seasons.
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Perth Glory 3 defeated Newcastle Jets 0 at nib Stadium
Bozza: Perth Glory have a very good squad. Liam Miller is key for them. He was outstanding on Friday night against Newcastle Jets. For them to go one better this year, they'll need to keep him fit and firing all season.
Kevin Muscat: The Jets defender did dive in for the penalty call, and he gave the referee the opportunity to give the penalty. He's gone through him. He had to try and block the shot and was maybe a bit unlucky with the wet pitch.
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Melbourne Victory 1 drew with Brisbane Roar 1 at AAMI Park
Kevin Muscat: For long periods, we created a lot of chances. But we give teams leads too often, then try and catch up. You can't keep giving away goals and trying to play catch up. All in all, we can take that as a very good performance. We'll review the performance and not the result. There are a lot more positives than negatives. Our players have had to adapt and they know what Ange wants. We've scored some goals playing out from the back, which has been particularly enjoyable. We're working hard on our defensive part of the game.
Bozza: The Victory are constantly improving. Ange Postecoglou's philosophy of playing out from the back was perhaps a bit overplayed at the start of the season. They've curtailed that and are looking good. Melbourne Victory's fitness looks very good - don't underestimate the importance of fitness. In terms of their championship credentials, I still think the Victory are contenders. I saw them in pre-season and since then they've gone from strength to strength.
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Sydney FC 0 defeated by Western Sydney Wanderers 2 at Allianz Stadium
Bozza: The Wanderers were marvellous. They were that little bit faster, hungrier and more determined. Their decisions were better. Sydney FC had no answers. I'm very happy for the new boys. To come back and win away from home against your local rivals is a wonderful feeling and one they will treasure for a very long time. The players are playing for Poppa. I see a lot of his style in their play. Every time Wanderers counter-attacked, they countered with a purpose. They looked really dangerous on the break. A fantastic performance and maybe a season-defining one for them. Sydney just weren't at the races - they were tactically outplayed.
Kevin Muscat: I see such a hunger in the Wanderers squad. Tony Popovic has picked up a lot of players that were maybe unwanted at other A-League clubs and they're just churning out the results. Frank is under no illusion as to the difficult task on his hands.He'll go back to work on Monday and focus on getting the players where he needs them to be.
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Adelaide United 3 defeated Wellington Phoenix 1 at Hindmarsh Stadium
Kevin Muscat: If that penalty would have gone in at the end, everyone would have been looking the Phoenix's earlier disallowed goal. Thankfully for the referee, Galekovic made that wonderful save. It was such a borderline decision. It was a very difficult decision. If Paul Ifill had a little bit more awareness he could have cut it back and they would have had a simple tap-in goal. Adelaide have so many attacking options in the final third. Marcelo Carrusca of late has been wonderful, linking the midfield and attack. He's added great direction in that area for the Reds.
Bozza: There was some really bad defending from the Phoenix in this one. In saying that, a lot of a credit must go to Wellington because a lot of other teams would have thrown it in. They kept going and going and going. Wellington have left their run too late again, just like against the Victory a few weeks back. The coaching staff would be wondering why they can't play like that for the first 20 minutes.
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