A “soft goal” has dented the Wellington Phoenix’s hopes of qualifying for the A-League finals for a fourth straight season.
The Phoenix have been beaten 1-0 by Melbourne City at Sky Stadium in Wellington, with Socceroos winger Marco Tilio scoring the match-winner early in the second half.
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Nix head coache Giancarlo Italiano was furious with the goal.
"Where I'm really, really gutted is that we gave them the goal. It was such as soft goal," said Italiano.
It's the Nix’s third straight defeat and leaves them nine points off the top six with eight matches remaining.