Speaking after Wednesday night's one-sided ACL group stage match in Gosford, the Coast striker was happy to talk up his side's chances at the Todoroki stadium in south Tokyo but conceded fixing defensive lapses was a priority over the next two weeks.

"Obviously dead ball situations we need to work on. Their free kicks that they scored from ... that's sort of what got their run going [tonight]," he told au.fourfourtwo.com.

"Copping two goals from set pieces, what can you do? You can't take it back now so we've just got to work on it.

"In the group stage you want to win your homes games and try get results away, so now we're going to go over there and try to pinch something and try win it and redeem ourselves."

Mrjda had one good chance in the first half to score with just keeper Eiji Kawashima to beat but like most of the Coast's  performance, he failed to deliver when needed.  

He added: "It's not so that they [Kawasaki] are so good," he added. "I mean they're good and there's a lot of quality there, but we're still making mistakes and letting them look good."

And Mrdja admitted the Coast have "nothing to lose" when they visit Kawasaki in less than two weeks.