Division Three : Manakau Hotel 6-5 Waikanae Youth

A late goal from Josh Sannazzaro gave Manakau United a 6-5 victory over Waikanae Youth in a goal-filled encounter at the Manakau Domain.

The match started slowly with both sides taking time to come to terms with the game, but once the first goal was scored the shots started to rain in on goal from all angles.

The lead see-sawed throughout the match with both sides holding the lead on three separate occasions. Manakau scored first, but Waikanae had taken a 2-1 lead by halftime.

The second half saw Manakau go 3-2 ahead, but Waikanae found more goals and led 4-3, and then 5-4 before the game was locked up at 5-all with 10 minutes to play. That was when Sannazzaro’s strike from close range in the 85^th minute finally settled the match in favour of the home side.

Murray Haughey was named Manakau’s man of the match for another skilful performance up front, scoring one goal and having involvement in several others.