PHOENIX STILL ALIVE
ROY Krishna hit a hat-trick to hand Wellington a lastgasp 3-2 win over Melbourne City and keep alive their hopes of hosting an A-League home final.
Krishna tucked home the winner from a goalmouth scramble in the 94th minute to cap a thrilling contest in Wellington yesterday that the visitors dominated.
Riley McGree scored twice for City, both times cancelling out Krishna strikes, but the home team held firm to cement fifth place and line up a shot at a fourth-placed finish in next week’s final round.
City are all but guaranteed to finish sixth, which would set up a Melbourne derby in the first round of the playoffs.
Phoenix need to pick up points away to Perth and hope Adelaide slip up.