Time for perspective after an A-League round that was anything but routine

15-Mar-2020 16:30:02 | The Guardian

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If this had been a routine round of A-League action this column would be all about the 69th minute of Melbourne City’s 1-1 draw with Western Sydney Wanderers. In a season of madcap highlights this was another destined to be sliced into snackable content and overlaid with a jaunty soundtrack. Done well, the clip probably even comes with a caption punning on the surnames of the two major protagonists, Curtis Good and Simon Cox.

A routine round would provide time to wonder what on earth Nathaniel Atkinson was doing attempting a needlessly lobbed backpass straight into the dark heart of the metaphorical mixer. There’d be questions asked about the communication between Good and goalkeeper Tom Glover. Cox would be praised, initially, for his predatory reading of the situation, but then stride-by-stride analysis of his complacency would not reflect so favourably on the Irish international.

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Time for perspective after an A-League round that was anything but routine