Maclaren 二塁打 in City ALM 勝利,勝つ over 拒む,否認する

Melbourne City has 勝つ/広く一帯に広がるd in a ding-dong 戦う/戦い against Wellington 不死鳥/絶品, winning 3-1 to go four points (疑いを)晴らす at the 最高の,を越す of the A-League Men ladder.

City did it the hard way at Wellington's Sky Stadium, 落ちるing behind for the first time this season and 直面するing 20 発射s from Ufuk Talay's all-out attacking 味方する.

A pair of Socceroos (機の)カム to the 救助(する), with Mathew Leckie equalising and Jamie Maclaren 得点する/非難する/20ing a second-half 二塁打 as City overcame David Ball's inventive backheeled opener.

However, the final scoreline could have been anything, with 拒む,否認する striker Oscar Zawada 行方不明の a raft of chances, 含むing from a heart-in-the-mouth slip from Thomas Glover.

"We created enough chances to 勝利,勝つ two games today," Talay said, 失望させるd at fulltime.

Monday's match pitted two of the league's best 芸能人s, the fixture 普通の/平均(する)ing four goals a game over the past four years.

Ball opened the 得点する/非難する/20ing on 16 minutes, running past Lucas Mauragis' cross but still managing to backheel it past Glover.

Whether a 尊敬の印 or just circumstance, Leckie 試みる/企てるd an exact same backheel-style 成果/努力 at the other end a minute later, hitting the base of the 地位,任命する.

Another minute later, he 設立する a more 従来の way to goal, 長,率いるing Marco Tilio's cross past Oli Sail.

Chances continued at both ends, with Zawada 長,率いるing wide from another Mauragis cross and then failing to 得点する/非難する/20 with an empty 逮捕する in 前線 of him.

When Glover つまずくd as he 試みる/企てるd to (疑いを)晴らす, the 政治家 stole the ball from him and had a 簡潔な/要約する (疑いを)晴らす sight of goal, only to scuff his 成果/努力 and 許す the goalkeeper to 回復する.

Za wada was at the heart of everything, chipping the ball into the 支援する of the 逮捕する from Bozhidar Kraev's smart through-ball only to be 裁判官d offside.

The attacking continued after the break, when Tilio's trickery fooled Kraev into a foul in the box that Maclaren 得点する/非難する/20d.

The 51st minute 刑罰,罰則 lengthens Maclaren's streak: the Socceroo has 得点する/非難する/20d in every game this season, 含むing six 刑罰,罰則s, to lead the golden boot race with 12.

Wellington 殺到するd 今後 in search of a 勝利者, with Zawada 長,率いるing straight at Glover once more and 代用品,人 Kosta Barbarouses hitting the 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業 after a tearaway run.

Zawada 拒絶するd another golden chance to equalise in 傷害 time, but chose to turn rather than shoot when a loose ball in the box fell his way.

With 拒む,否認する fully committed to an equaliser Maclaren put the game to bed, slotting Andrew Nabbout's centring ball in the 97th minute.

His 成果/努力 was the 33rd 発射 on goal of a madcap match.

"It was a very hard game ... it was all 手渡すs on the pump に向かって the end," City coach Rado Vidosic said.

"Our backline was fantastic and we had to be desperate at some moments. All credit to our defenders."

The occasion showed City's steel but also Wellington's achilles heel, with a streak against A-League 対立 of 15 games without a clean sheet.

The 拒む,否認する are the league's second-highest scorers but are stuck in ninth as a result of their strong 強調 on attack, though Talay said he wouldn't change his gameplan in search of 悲惨な 勝利,勝つs.

"You've got to 得点する/非難する/20 goals to 勝利,勝つ games," he said.

"We could defend for 90 minutes and walk away with a point but the reality is you need to 得点する/非難する/20 one more goal than the 対抗者 to 勝利,勝つ a game. So we'll still play attacking football."

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