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“That’s two weeks in a row where we’ve probably been the better team and we’re on one point, when we could easily have been on four or six points.”Īn unchanged Glory starting side found itself trailing inside the opening nine minutes as Zawada opened his account for the season with a nerveless finish and Phoenix came close to doubling their advantage midway through the first half when Kraev’s shot struck the foot of the post.Īs the half wore on, however, the men in purple began to look more dangerous going forward and twice went close to finding the net before the break. “We’ve got to ensure that we do better as a group and as a team and for me, there were too many moments that we could have capitalised on to score, first and foremost and prevent some of the counter-attacks where they looked dangerous. “We gifted them three or four opportunities on that. “I thought throughout the first half and even with the second goal they were dangerous in transition… and we didn’t deal with those moments very well. “For us to be brave and take the initiative away from home, I was really happy with that and with the preparation as well and ultimately it’s just disappointing that we couldn’t convert those opportunities into goals and pick up the three points that we’ve left behind. “I thought the first 20 minutes, they were maybe on top, but after that, the last 15-20 of the first half I thought we were on top and for the majority of the second half I thought we were on top in terms of momentum. “We were away from home, but we took the initiative, we had plenty of shots on goal and plenty of chances,” he said.

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View his full post-match media conference HERE. Glory Head Coach, Alen Stajcic, felt that his side were very unfortunate to come away from Sky Stadium empty-handed. There was no shortage of drama in what was the 50th instalment of the Distance Derby, culminating in the 87th minute when Adam Taggart saw his penalty saved by Alex Paulsen.Įarlier, Oskar Zawada had cut out a pass from Glory ‘keeper Oli Sail and chipped the hosts into an early lead, before Mark Beevers nodded the visitors level just shy of the hour-mark.Ĭlick HERE for Beevers’ post-match interview.īozhidar Kraev duly restored Phoenix’s lead 11 minutes from time and Taggart was then unable to restore parity for a second time from the spot after Lukas Kelly-Heald was penalised for handball. Glory succumbed to their first defeat of the new Isuzu UTE A-League season as they were edged out 2-1 by Wellington Phoenix at Sky Stadium on Saturday.Ĭlick HERE to view full match highlights.