Perth Glory coach David Zdrilic says diminishing on-ball pressure led to a lopsided possession count which ultimately proved costly in their 2-2 draw with Wellington Phoenix at HBF Park.

But Zdrilic is thanking his lucky stars the club moved quickly to sign goalkeeper Matt Sutton on a short-term deal after Glory suffered their second shot-stopper injury in less than a week.

Glory looked to be cruising to a first opening day A-League Men’s victory in five years when Jaiden Kucharski and Adam Taggart found the net inside the opening 25 minutes to put Perth 2-0 up.

But the tables soon turned as Wellington took control and found a deserved goal in first-half injury time through Ifeanyi Eze, before Carlo Armiento scored the equaliser with 20 minutes left.

After Perth’s opening half-hour pow

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