We looked so much better in the second half when the backline, Kopa in particular, started carrying the ball out of defense instead of staying dead still and passing in circles. Sydney did a good job of cutting off passes to the front two which often helps us transition forward. Thought Rufer, Kurto and Kopa were the standouts, Kopa has surely done enough to start over Doyle now.
Krishna had an off night all round - I believe that's the first A-League pen he's taken that hasn't resulted in a goal (some tap ins afterwards) but with the form he's been in I have no doubt he'll come right. Sheridan looked a little lost at times but I thought he did well with what little ball he got, some incisive passes and I liked the passion from him. Burns should now have played his last game in a Nix shirt. He was a passenger for 55 minutes and didn't do shark apart from an accidental nutmeg. Burgess starts at 10 next time Singh isn't.
The difference was simply that Sydney took a chance, we didn't and they made big changes to how they defended us this time around - no space for Krishna of the midfield. Our style of play is getting figured out by the opposition game by game so that improvement Rudes harps on about better be around the corner.
Didn't deserve a point after 2 awful VAR decisions, such a weird feeling to have those in our favour. Was a pity about the muppets behind me yelling "kick it forward" every 2 minutes.
All in all not too upset, a win on the weekend would make for an acceptable week - 4 points in 3 games from Victory, Sydney and City is fine by me.
Again, my understanding was that it wasn't 2 awful VAR decisions. They told the ref to look again and the monitor was unavailable. He looked at the big screen but stuck by his decisions. Two awful ref decisions
