Frank Farina under pressure as Sydney FC suffers 1-0 home loss to Central Coast Mariners The Mariners celebrate Mile Sterjovski's deflected goal, the only of a turgid game. It was a blue night for Sydney FC as they went down to the Central Coast Mariners at Allianz Stadium. Mile Sterjovski's second-half goal was enough to give the visitors the win in front of an angry crowd, who made their feelings known at the end of the game. Certainly neither team was at their best, but the Mariners did enough to overcome the loss of their captain John Hutchinson. And after two draws, against Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Heart, a 1-0 result will be a relief. For a team in transition and still dealing with the losses of Marcos Flores and Michael McGlinchley, the Mariners will be delighted with where they stand on the A-League ladder. See how it all unfolded, with video and stats, in our match centre. But for Sydney, it's now just one win from their last seven games. Their record against the Mariners is also a poor one, having won just two of their 11 encounters. Before the game, the club farewelled veteran player Brett Emerton with a guard of honour by his Sydney FC teammates at Allianz Stadium last night, signalling the end of his impressive career. Accompanied by his wife and two children, Emerton made his way out onto the field for a lap of honour, with the entire stadium applauding and giving the newly retired layer a standing ovation as he went past. The emotional event too much for Emerton's wife Sarah, who was seen leaving the grounds crying. Brett Emerton of Sydney and his family receive a guard of honour from Sydney FC. Plagued with a back injury, Emerton made the decision the retire earlier this week, with speculation that he would participate in Sydney FC's game against the Central Coast Mariners, however he was instead left to watch his teammates from the sidelines. Their inability to defend, aim for anywhere close to the goal and generally play well was ultimately a disappointing way to farewell Emerton. The frustration spread into the crowds with Sydney FC fans clearly angry with decisions their team were making on-field, many leaving before the final whistle had gone. Sterjovski put the Mariners in front soon after the break when his shot took a deflection off a Sydney player and flew into the back of the net. The goal was no less than the Central Coast team deserved and finally made the Sky Blues pay for some shoddy defending. Just before the goal Corey Gameiro missed Sydney's best chance to give put his team on the scoreboard, but his poor finish aggravated an already frustrated crowd of 16, 006. Aside from special tribute to Brett Emerton at the start of the game, it was an awful night for Sydney at Allianz Stadium. The few chances they created were missed, their defending poor. Not even Alessandro Del Piero could inspire much, in fact his genius went missing for most of the night too. The Italian skipper did show some commitment to play out the full 90 minutes, but it was arguably one of his worst ever showings in a Sky Blue jersey. His free-kick that flew over the bottom tier of the stadium summed up his night's and that of Sydney FC. But he certainly wasn't the only one - few Sydney players will be proud of their performance. Sydney FC's poor results are increasing scrutiny on coach Frank Farina. There was constant jeering from the crowd, clearly frustrated at the below-par showing of their team. Somehow, it was 0-0 at the break, but the Mariners should have been at least two goals up, if not more. Daniel McBreen had an opportunity to give his team the lead when his sixth minute header was cleared off the line by Corey Gameiro. Minutes later Joshua Rose found himself one-on-one with the keeper and he should have scored, but he shot straight at Liam Reddy. The misses didn't end there. Sterjovski picked out Matt Simon with a great cross from the right and, with no one around, he headed wide. Then it was Nick Fitzgerald's turn. Lively down the wing all night, he managed to blast his 36th minute chance over the crossbar. And he didn't get an opportunity to redeem himself when he limped off early in the second half. Sydney also had their chances, the best of them falling to Ranko Despotovic, who slotted the ball into the net only for the assistant referee to flag for offside. At the end of the day the difference was that the Mariners just wanted it more. Sydney coach Frank Farina was was disappointed with the result, but even more so with how his team responded to conceding. "I expected a better reaction after the goal," Farina said. And if I'm not going to get that I'll try players that hopefully will. I'm not going to go into individuals, but I was disappointed with the reaction after. We've shown that we will fight, and I don't think we did that.