Sydney FC ease past Mariners, go top Graham Arnold was pleased to get his first game against his former club out of the way, as Sydney claimed top spot on the A-League ladder with a 2-0 home win over Central Coast on Sunday. First half goals to midfielder Terry Antonis and defender Sasa Ognenovski at Allianz Stadium delivered Sydney their third straight win. Sparked by the intelligent passing of Antonis and Milos Dimitrijevic, Sydney created the majority of chances. Mariners goalkeeper Matthew Nash saved efforts from Dimitrijevic and Marc Janko, while Sydney had two other attempts cleared off the line. However the Mariners, especially striker Mitchell Duke, missed some good opportunities including an 89th minute penalty. For Arnold it was a case of the master beating his apprentice, one-upping now Mariners boss Phil Moss with the win. "It was always a date that I looked at - when we first played the Mariners - and thankfully that's out of the way now," Arnold said. Arnold and Moss shook hands and embraced after the final whistle. I just said to him 'well done.' Arnold said. He's doing a good job up there and he's got some good players. Moss enjoyed the challenge of matching wits with his good friend, but lamented conceding two set-piece goals. "You look at our last two games, we've conceded four goals, that are so avoidable and we need to fix that," Moss said. On the positive side, I thought we played some fantastic football in patches today and I think those patches are becoming more frequent and we're starting to play football the way I want to play. While the Mariners must worry about having just three points from three games, Sydney might have to worry about a trip to Adelaide without skipper Alex Brosque after the forward rolled an ankle late in the game. Sydney's win completed a great day for the harbour city's two football clubs, with the Wanderers crowned Asian champions in Riyadh around 12 hours earlier. "It's great for the game of football in this country and great for my friend Tony Popovic," Arnold said. But hopefully that's the only thing they win.