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The Socceroos sharpshooter scored in each half at Bankwest Stadium to give him a tally of 15 goals in14 games against Western Sydney.
City dominated the game despite losing their head coach and a key player in the leadup.
With Patrick Kisnorbo coming down with suspected food poisoning, assistant Des Buckingham took charge. We spoke to him (Kisnorbo) before the game. the message didn t change, it just came from a different person, Buckingham said.
Florin Berenguer pulled out after tweaking an ankle in the warm-up and was replaced by Naoki Tsubaki, while another influential player, Adrian Luna, missed the game with a hamstring niggle.
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A three-goal blitz in eight second-half minutes saw the visitors come from behind to lead only to end up sharing the spoils at WIN Stadium.
Mirza Muratovic scored at the second attempt nine minutes in and Phoenix held the advantage until 19 minutes from time, when Kwame Yeboah headed in a Keanu Baccus cross.
Bruce Kamau turned in Daniel Wilmering s delivery just five minutes later only for Louis Fenton to head in a quick-fire equaliser.
The Wanderers stretched their unbeaten league run to seven games, their longest since a 10-match streak that ended in January 2016, but they missed out on the chance to go above Macarthur FC into third.