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Melbourne City 2-0 Sydney FC: Maclaren on target again as Premiers beaten

SoccerNews in General Soccer News 1 Aug 2020

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Premiers’ Plate winners Sydney FC suffered a second straight defeat as Melbourne City fired a warning ahead of the A-League Finals, recording a 2-0 victory. 

Wellington Phoenix’s 1-1 draw against Adelaide United last weekend handed Sydney a record fourth title for finishing top in the regular season, but this defeat left them with just one win in their past five matches. 

This was Melbourne’s first match since the restart yet they showed no sign of rust and it required a string of first-half saves from Andrew Redmayne to keep it goalless at the interval. 

Craig Noone and Jamie Maclaren found the net in the second half to give second-placed Melbourne a boost in their bid to claim a first-round bye. 

Noone made the breakthrough in the 57th minute, taking advantage of a mishap between Paulo Retre and Redmayne to pass into an empty net. 

And Maclaren made sure of the three points when capitalising on more hesitancy in the Sydney defence – this time from Ryan McGowan – to score his competition-leading 19th A-League goal of the season. 

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