Aggressive Sydney FC vulnerable: Muscat

Melbourne Victory captain Kevin Muscat says Sydney FC's need to win Sunday's
A-League minor premiership decider can play into his side's hands.
The Victory can seal top spot with a draw at Sydney Football Stadium, whereas Sydney
need all three points, but the suspended Muscat said an aggressive approach was not
in the Sky Blues' nature.
"The onus is going to be on them to come out and they have to win the game," Muscat
said on Wednesday.
"How that alters the actual football game, that really hasn't been their mantra
throughout the season.
"Their style of play maybe doesn't suit having to go out and really be the aggressor
in a football game."
He said if Sydney tried to wear Melbourne down, the pressure would steadily build on
the home side.
"I'm not saying they're going to come out from the outset because I don't think it's
in their footballing dynamic," he said.
"They try to control games and predominantly break teams down.
"But this time round I don't think they can leave it as late to try to get a goal."
He said the Victory, the competition's top-scoring team, would not change their
attacking approach.
"If we go out there and score a goal it makes it very difficult for them," he said.
"I'd assume (coach Ernie Merrick's) attitude come matchday will be let's score a
goal and put them on the back foot."
Muscat, who served the first match of his two-game ban last weekend against North
Queensland Fury, admitted he struggled to handle spectating, particularly with such
a big upcoming game.
"Part of me feels like I let the boys down a bit ... but the atmosphere and the way
the boys have trained this week is exciting," he said.
"We've put ourselves in our position where we can win another league title by
getting a result.
"And I can't think of any better place to go and do it than Sydney at their place."
Meanwhile, Muscat took a shot at rival teams complaining over Melbourne's temporary
acquisition of Central Coast Mariners striker Nik Mrdja.
"There's a number of things that happen throughout the campaign, whether it be
decisions by referees. It just seems that there are one or two clubs that are always
unhappy with anything that happens.
"We'll just worry about ourselves and let them worry about not being happy."