Glory look to crucial date with Wanderers
Feb 18, 2017 - 10:00 PM Perth Glory find themselves under pressure to hold fifth position after a 2-2 draw with Brisbane Roar but coach Kenny Lowe expects to welcome back striker Andy Keogh next week.Glory twice came from behind at home to Brisbane on Saturday night through goals to Nebojsa Marinkovic and Adam Taggart to claim the point that keeps them two points behind third-placed Melbourne City and fourth-placed Brisbane.
Perth are four points ahead of the Wanderers who sit in sixth and will be the Glory's next opponents after beating Sydney FC for the first time in three years.
Lowe hopes they have got the winning out of their system before Saturday's clash in Perth.
"It's good that they've won, so they don't need to win next week that's the way I look at it," he said.
"They are very well-coached, have some super players and they play a lovely brand of football. They will bring their own challenges."
Lowe is confident striker Keogh will return after missing the draw with Brisbane with a tear in his hamstring, but he might be a straight swap for goalscorer Marinkovic.
"We are hoping it's only one week. He is so passionate that he wanted to play, but I didn't want to take the risk. We could have played him possibly but because it's an actual tear it could have compounded it," Lowe said.
"Obviously it would have been nice to have him on the park but you have to make those calls sometimes.
"Nebo has tweaked his groin. Hopefully it's not a bad one. He stuck his hand up to come off but fingers crossed that's OK."
Source: AAP
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