Aloisi fumes as Mariners stop Heart

Golden Boot hopeful ... Daniel McBreen got the Mariners on their way against the Heart. Source: Paul Miller / AAP

Central Coast have beaten a 10-man Melbourne Heart 2-1 at Bluetongue Stadium on Saturday in an A-League game that had not much more than pride on the line.

With Western Sydney securing the Premiers' Plate on Friday the second-placed Mariners were simply wanting a win to carry momentum into the finals series.

The Heart meanwhile, already out of the finals hunt, were only hoping the for three points to help avoid the dreaded wooden spoon.

Daniel McBreen opened the scoring in the first half after Heart defender Patrick Gerhardt was sent-off for a hand ball in the box gifting the Mariners a penalty.

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Western Sydney	27	18	3	6	20	57
2	Central Coast	27	16	6	5	26	54
3	Victory	26	12	5	9	2	41
4	Adelaide	26	12	4	10	1	40
5	Brisbane	27	10	5	12	4	35
6	Sydney	27	9	5	13	-10	32
7	Perth	26	9	4	13	-2	31
8	Newcastle	27	8	7	12	-15	31
9	Heart	27	8	3	16	-9	27
10	Wellington	26	7	6	13	-17	27

Mitchell Duke doubled the host's advantage in the second half with Richard Garcia getting a late consolation for the Heart, scoring the side's first goal outside Melbourne in 499 minutes.

Veteran striker McBreen now looks on track for the A-League golden boot award scoring his 17th goal of the season to extend his lead at the top of the scorers' list ahead of Wellington's Jeremy Brockie, who needs to bag at least a double against Melbourne Victory on Sunday to claim the title.

The Heart meanwhile ended their season on the worst of notes, being reduced to 10-men after 30 minutes. Coach John Aloisi was also sent-off for dissent after disputing the referee's call, meaning he'll be suspended from the Heart's first game of next season.

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After a shaky start, the Heart picked up the intensity with Garcia and Josip Tadic forcing saves from Mariners gloveman Justin Pasfield, who was between the sticks in place of first-choice keeper Mattew Ryan who was being rested ahead of the finals.

But just when the Heart looked to have the momentum, disaster struck with Gerhardt sent-off for a handball after a flurry of shots from the Mariners.

McBreen looked like breaking the deadlock just after the half hour mark with Simon Colosimo clearing it off the line.

Mile Sterjovski scooped up the rebound to attempt a shot himself drawing a handball from Gerhardt and earning a penalty for the Mariners.

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McBreen, who had missed two penalties this season, stepped up to the spot in the 35th minute and made no mistake this time.

Duke put the hosts 2-0 up in the 65th minute after getting on the end of a Anthony Caceres ball.

Garcia then got one back for the visitors courtesy of good lead-up work from Daniel MaCallister.

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