ANALYSIS: 'Energiser bunny' Grant caps off Sydney FC's A-League dominance
Sydney FC's grand final victory confirms what we already knew — this Sydney FC team are the best in the A-League era.terrifically entertaining grand final between the two best teams in the competition this year
City outnumbered Sydney in midfield not through weight of numbers, but through an unsustainably intense press that restricted Luke Brattan and Paulo Retre's space to operate and ensured ball-players Milos Ninkovic and Anthony Caceras were bystanders.Every time Sydney's midfield picked up possession, red and white shirts hounded the Sky Blues into coughing it back up.
His parental advisory-rated observation of Sydney's efforts in the opening exchanges outlined what he felt was wrong, that Sydney simply were not at the races yet and that they needed to wake up.Grant, Brattan's combination the perfect formula for SydneyFor all the flamboyance and style that Caceras and Ninkovic have brought to Sydney, for all the goals that Adam Le Fondre has scored, there are no two players more important to Sydney than Grant and midfielder Luke Brattan.
With his mullet flying behind him, Grant relentlessly tore up and down the field throughout the contest, a willing defender as much as a pivotal attacking weapon, his defensive virtues proven when his block denied Good a late equaliser.Corica described Grant as the "energiser bunny" post-match. As much as Sydney deserves all the plaudits coming its way, is this even an A-League piece without some mention of the failings of VAR?
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