Graham Arnold decided to take his three foreign attackers over Jordy Buijs, he might come to rue that decision. Without the Dutchman’s steel in defence, the backline looked a little shaky. More importantly Sydney had been relying on Buijs quick, precise balls into the midfield. This slowed Sydney’s entire team down.

Andrew Redmayne 6 – made a couple of good saves to keep the score respectable. Nothing he could have done for the two he conceded.

Aaron Calver 4 – he looked like a man who hasn’t had very much first team football lately. He was off the pace. Young Australians like him need to be playing more.

Alex Wilkinson 5 – needed to play the ball into the midfield quicker, he’s been relying on Buijs to play the ball forward too much. He didn’t hit his sideways passes to Calver hard enough, needed to trust the kid more.

Luke Wilkshire 5 – the veteran right back put in a solid performance tonight but his team needed more. Sydney usually play a little lopsided in possession with Zullo getting further forward. Suwon shut that outlet down so Wilkshire should have pushed harder to take up the slack.

Michael Zullo 6 – tonight he was up against two of Suwong’s imports down the left side. He has been one of Sydney’s best outlets lately but he found it much harder against the Bluewings. That said, he was one of Sydney’s best. He stopped a certain goal and he did manage to get forward a couple of times.

Brandon O’Neill 4 – not a night he’ll remember fondly. It wasn’t entirely his fault. Without Buijs, the ball came from defence into midfield too slowly. This put O’Neill and Brillante under more pressure than they’re used to. Suwon had too long to adjust and close the space. He also found it hard to win the ball back because the Suwon midfield played the ball too quickly. On top of all these frustrations he gave away a penalty.