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Despite the loss United coach Mark Rudan had positive things to say about his team.<\/p>\n
“It was a very good performance,” he said. “We did everything but score.<\/p>\n
“We started off a little bit slow, they had a lot of the ball but they didn’t really do much but, then again, neither did we.<\/p>\n
“I thought we had the better chances – it’s one of those games where I can’t fault the performance.”<\/p>\n
United were forced into a reshuffle midway through the first half when standout goalkeeper Filip Kurto, was injured in a goalmouth scramble, moments after denying a deflected Graham Dorrans shot.<\/p>\n
The Polish keeper will be monitored ahead of his side’s trip to Sydney.<\/p>\n
“He got hit in the head, a knee to the head,” Rudan said. “There’s a history there with concussion, so we’ve got to go through the right processes and make sure he’s okay.”<\/p>\n
Replacement netminder Ryan Scott’s first real test came in the 49th when Daniel Wilmering hammered a volleyed effort goalward, forcing Scott to get down low with his legs to keep it out.<\/p>\n
He could do nothing, however, to stop Mutch’s effort eight minutes later.<\/p>\n
His side pressing hard looking for a leveller, Dylan Pierias thought he’d equalised in the 65th minute when he created a yard of space from outside the penalty box and shot just wide.<\/p>\n
Besart Berisha had calls for a late penalty turned down before Wanderers’ keeper Daniel Margush produced a strong save to deny Nicolas Milanovic a headed 91st-minute equaliser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WESTERN United had a two-game winning streak snapped by the visiting Western Sydney Wanderers going down 1-0 at Mars Stadium on Sunday. Making his first Wanderers’ start, Jordon Mutch secured the win for the visitors when he seized on a calamitous error from Jerry Skotadis deep in United’s half, stole the ball and fired past […]<\/p>\n