Western Sydney boss Marko Rudan praised his facet’s prowess after turning into the primary A-League Males’s crew to carry Melbourne Metropolis’s Jamie Maclaren goalless this season.

The Wanderers drew 1-1 at CommBank Stadium on Sunday and Maclaren failed to seek out the web after scoring a file 10 ALM objectives in a row to start out the 12 months.

Metropolis had been pissed off by Wanderers, who scored the opening purpose within the fifteenth minute by way of Brandon Borrello, as the house crew sat deep and tried to counter-attack in irritating situations.

The guests took 30 pictures to the Wanderers duo, and midfielder Richard van der Venne scored earlier than the clock sign gave Metropolis a draw and cleared a four-point lead on the high of the desk.

“It is a nice level, we fought to the tip and that was a part of the plan,” Rudan mentioned.

“We performed to our strengths, we stored Maclaren at zero for the primary time and stopped all provide to him.

“He did not actually sniff outdoors of the corners.”

Maybe the larger problem for the third-placed Rudan facet will likely be his journey to Newcastle subsequent Sunday.

The Wanderers have struggled to carry out in matches in opposition to the groups beneath them on the desk this season, however within the competitors in opposition to Metropolis they’ve proven that they will make anybody’s life troublesome.

“We’re nonetheless constructing,” mentioned Rudan, who hopes Milos Ninkovic and Kusini Yengi can play in opposition to the Jets subsequent week.

“This (match with the Jets) would be the actual take a look at. I did not see that (his angle) final week, however that is our problem (to maintain it).”

After resisting an early Metropolis assault, Wanderers disrupted the sphere by Ruon Tongyik.

Taking part in out of place as a right-back, the rising defender discovered a speeding Ramy Najjarine who may set Borrello for an excellent end.

Metropolis started trying to find an equalizer with Mathew Leckie, Marco Tilio and Maclaren, all of whom fell brief.

In the long run, Wanderers fell to van der Venne after an unsuccessful opening from defender Marcelo.

Van der Venne tapped Wanderers goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas forward of his assembly with Brisbane subsequent week earlier than sending him a kick within the head.

“I used to be standing proper behind him and you can see him wanting into that nook and bending him like Beckham – that was unimaginable,” mentioned interim Metropolis boss Rado Vidosic.

They’ve nice defensive models and it isn’t simple to attain when your opponent falls too deep.

“The efficiency was glorious. It was most likely the perfect 90-minute efficiency since I took over.”