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Melbourne City win maiden A-League championship with grand final defeat of Sydney FC

27-Jun-2021 09:24:37 | The Guardian

• City reign 3-1 against 10-man Sky Blues at AAMI Park
• Nathaniel Atkinson named Joe Marston medallist

Melbourne City have broken through for their first A-League championship, coming from behind to beat a 10-man Sydney FC 3-1 in the grand final.

Sydney’s Kosta Barbarouses opened the scoring in the 21st minute, with the brilliant Nathaniel Atkinson responding two minutes later, before Luke Brattan’s 35th-minute red card turned the game in City’s favour at AAMI Park.

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