Here's the best and worst of Wellington Phoenix's 3-1 win over Western Sydney Wanderers at Westpac Stadium.
WORST
Mandi leaves Vedran dumbstruck
They say that goalkeepers have to cover one side, the wall the other. But when goalkeepers stand there and watch the ball drift in every other week, it's hardly a good look.
Mandi's strike was a near-perfect free kick, gliding milimetres above a wall at full stretch, then curling effortlessly into the goal behind. But given Mandi's position, that kind of strike was far more likely than a reverse effort back into Vedran Janjetovic's breadbasket.
Yet the keeper's inertia was palpable, poor Vedran just stood there and admired it like the rest of us.
WORST
Raul Llorente's crossing
As poor as Oriol Riera's been this season, the service the big Spaniard has had to deal with has been borderline useless. Llorente, who has been in and out of the side, has been a particular offender given Bruce Kamau's willingness to cut inside, but neither has been up to scratch. (Sidenote: Kamau doesn't look bad as a fullback.)
This porous crossing seems to be contagious as even Roly Bonevacia and Alex Baumjohann were struggling to loft a ball. It's a double-edged sword, because when Riera does get his head on the end, it's resulted in far fewer conversions than last campaign.
At the very least though, it does usually draw a save, rather than an opposition throw-in.
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