A Jason Cummings brace has ensured his Socceroos teammate Garang Kuol loved a profitable A-League Males’s farewell, with the Central Coast Mariners rising to second with a 2-1 residence triumph over Melbourne Victory.
Key factors:
- Kuol was making his ultimate Mariners’ look
- He’s linking up with Newcastle United within the English Premier League
- The 18-year-old was given a standing ovation from the gang as he left the sphere within the second half
Kuol, who’s heading to English Premier league membership Newcastle United, acquired a standing ovation from the gang of 10,372 in Gosford after taking part in nearly 78 minutes in simply his third A-League Males begin.
The 18-year-old was concerned in Cummings’s first objective and made some trademark surging runs in an entertaining New 12 months’s Eve conflict, because the Mariners logged a 3rd straight residence win.
Victory nearly scored after 36 seconds however Storm Roux did properly to dam a goal-bound shot from Nani.
Cummings made it 4 objectives from as many matches since getting back from World Cup duties.
He scored both facet of a candy Thirty ninth-minute strike from Spaniard Cadete and though Tenth-placed Victory had a number of different possibilities by the match, the Mariners regarded extra prone to rating within the ultimate quarter.
Kuol’s sweeping move discovered Roux on the precise and the defender’s good cross was headed in on the far submit by Cummings within the eleventh minute.
Cummings scored the winner within the 53rd minute with a close-range header after Brian Kaltak nodded a far submit nook into his path.
Kuol had a Béni Nkololo shot deflect off him and was instrumental in a transfer that led to referee Daniel Elder awarding a penalty within the 66th minute.
The marauding winger made a robust run and put a move by for Josh Nisbet, who fell within the penalty space, with Elder awarding a spot kick after ruling the Mariners midfielder was introduced down by Victory goalkeeper Matt Acton.
Elder reversed the choice after the VAR known as him over to the monitor to observe replays of the incident.
Kuol made one other surging run shortly after, earlier than being taken off.
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