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Angel Torres of the Mariners is tackled by Matt Sheridan of The Phoenix during the A-League Men Round 23 match between the Central Coast Mariners and Wellington Phoenix at Industree Group Stadium in Gosford Photo: AAP / www.photosport.nz

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The Central Coast Mariners have beaten the Wellington Phoenix 2:1 in a hard fought game in New South Wales.

Going into Saturday's match the Phoenix held a three-point lead at the top of the A-League ladder, with four rounds remaining, pitted against their challengers for the Premiers Plate.

The two sides last met on Waitangi Day at Sky Stadium, with the match finishing in a scoreless stalemate. Three of the last four matches between the two sides have finished in draws.

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Here's how it all went down on RNZ's live blog:

Squad lists:

Central Coast Mariners: Mikael Douka, Brian Kaltak, Josh Nisbet, Max Balard, Christian Theoharous, Alou Kuol, Angel Torres, Storm Roux, Harry Steele, Jing Reec, Jacob Farrell, Danny Vukovic (c), Ronald Barcellos, Dan Hall, Brad Tapp, Will Wilson, Jack Warshawsky, Nathan Paull, Miguel di Pizio, Ryan Edmondson

Wellington Phoenix: Finn Surman, Scott Wootton, Fin Conchie, Tim Payne, Kosta Barbarouses, Ben Old, David Ball, Bozhidar Kraev, Mo Al-Taay, Nicholas Pennington, Youstin Salas, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Sam Sutton, Luke Supyk, Oskar van Hattum, Jack Duncan, Seth Karunaratne, Alex Paulsen, Matt Sheridan, Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues

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