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Brisbane defender Jade North has escaped FFA sanction for his dive during Saturday nights A-League game with Melbourne City but apologised for his emotion-charged error of judgement.Incidents abounded - during and after the 1-1 draw on Saturday night - but Norths dive was the most unsavoury.Roars vice-captain clashed with City marksman Bruno Fornaroli early in the second half, falling theatrically to the turf and clutching his head after the lightest of contact from the Uruguayan.In a statement released by the club on Monday, the Roar said North wanted to publicly acknowledge his disappointment and the unacceptability of the act.North is sincerely apologetic to the club, playing group and supporters for letting game-related emotions get the better of him causing an error of judgement during the match, the statement said.As a club, we do not condone simulation ... (and) recognise that this is an isolated incident and believe North is an excellent leader and ambassador of our club and our game.North has been heavily criticised, but he - like everyone else involved in the match - escaped sanction either by the match review panel or through a separate code of conduct charge.After the match, City coach John van t Schip suggested Roar assistant Ross Aloisi aggressively threw a ball at City full-back Josh Rose.Aloisi told News Corp he said sorry to Rose but he was in no mood to apologise to van t Schip after the Dutchman called the senior coach a whingeing baby in the build-up to the AAMI Park clash.(Van t Schip) had plenty of chances to say whatever he wanted to my face or my brothers (coach John Aloisi) face the other night, but didnt have the courage, he said.(Its) easy to talk in the newspaper, (but) pretty hard to talk when its face-to-face.The way I live my life is if youre going to have a go at me, Im going to have a go back.In a season where three A-League coaches have already been punished for speaking out about officials, the Dutchman also avoided sanction for saying it looked like referee Shaun Evans was influenced by Aloisis pre-match comments that Fornaroli was treated too easily by whistleblowers.In the only matter looked at by the match review panel, Western Sydney goalkeeper Jerrad Tyson had his one-match ban confirmed for a red card. 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Its sharpness matched my mind. This was no night to go to sleep. Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold believes his undefeated A-League ladder leaders are playing nowhere near their true potential.Arnold is adamant only a superior fitness base has his team on the cusp of six-straight wins to kick-off their campaign, and predicts there are higher gears to come.Our fitness levels when I watch all the games across the A-League, I think were the fittest team in the country, Arnold said on Friday.We can run teams off their legs, weve done that the first five weeks.Once we get fitter, I think well evolve as a football team in possession because it takes time for players to gel together.That will take time, well evolve as the season goes. Overall I think were playing at about sixty per cent of where well end up. Its exciting to see where we will end up.Arnolds comments will reverberate around a league that has watched a healthy roster last week beat rivals Melbourne Victory 2-1.However the two-time A-League championship-winning coach has no concerns about what the rest of the competition think about his team.I dont think about the other teams. I just think about ourselves, he said.I asked (the players) the question after the game, is there anyone here performing at the best of their ability individually? And not one hand went up.ddddddddddddSo they know that theres a lot of improvement individually to go, which obviously then as a team, well get better.Arnold is again expected to stick with the same line-up that defeated Victory.However he could opt to start match-winner David Carney over captain Alex Brosque in the midfield.Another victory would bring Sydney FC a step closer to a club-record 10 wins in succession, set when they made the final of the inaugural 2005-06 season.But Arnold is certain their early-season form hasnt placed undue pressure on his outfit.I keep driving to the players, it means nothing. Theres still 22 rounds to go, he said.The main thing is that we train hard every day, we get better at every training sessions, and our performance gets better in matches.Overall I wasnt that happy with last weeks performance. I thought the victory, the character, the mentality was great, (but) our fitness got us over the line, not our football. ' ' '