It was far from pretty and not the way coach Ernie Merrick wants his team to play, but the Wellington Phoenix ground out a 1-0 win over the Central Coast Mariners in an FFA Cup tie at Gosford on Tuesday night.
Tonight's fourth all-Hyundai A-League Club showdown sees the Central Coast Mariners, who reached the semi finals last year, welcome Wellington Phoenix to Central Coast Stadium, the Phoenix hoping to avoid a second straight exit in the Westfield FFA Cup Round of 32.
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www.stuff.co.nz | Merrick showed last year with Burns, and previously with Robbie Kruse at the Melbourne Victory, that he is capable of turning a winger with the right attributes into a deadly striker