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Melbourne wants its A-League crowd record back, and Victory coach Kevin Muscat says a derby date at the MCG will make it happen.Until Saturday nights blockbuster Sydney derby, which attracted 61,880 people to ANZ Stadium, it was Victory which had monopolised the big A-League crowds.The top four regular-season attendances in the first decade of the competition - and the biggest two grand finals - were packed out by Melbourne Victory fans at Etihad Stadium.The biggest club in the country isnt used to playing second fiddle, and Muscat said hed like a crack at a similar marquee fixture next year at the countrys grandest ground to see how big it could be.Im up for it, he told AAP.Strategically it would take some thought ... but whos to say if we took round one there this year how big it would have been?The MCG is no stranger to big-time soccer.Real Madrids match with Manchester City last year drew in more than 99,000, while recent visits from Greek and Italian national teams have drawn crowds around 90,000.The round-ball game and the MCG is still most closely associated with the heartbreaking 2-2 result with Iran in 1997 which saw Australia miss the 1998 World Cup on away goals, again in front of a huge crowd of 98,000.Muscat said the chief concern of any A-League matches on the ground should be the pitch, both for player safety reasons and to ensure a good spectacle.That always gets overlooked, he said.Im not saying the MCG wont be right but that should be the first priority.We shouldnt be thinking we could get an extra 20,000 in because that 20,000 that dont go to the game normally will go home disappointed and the entertainers go look what I had to work with.The product is king.You can build the best restaurant and fill it out with all kinds of entertainment - people blowing fire out of their mouths and jugglers - but if the foods bad you dont go back to see the juggler.Victory take on Melbourne City at Etihad Stadium in their first Melbourne derby of the season on Saturday, but expectations for a sellout crowd are lower than usual due to the Socceroos match at the same venue on Tuesday night.Citys emergence as an A-League force, including the arrival of Socceroo legend Tim Cahill, has only elevated the contest.Its the biggest one ever, Muscat said, until the next one.Theyre great games regardless of which players are playing in them and the rivalry is just going to grow and grow and grow.Dick Butkus Jersey . 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Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid.Four-time winner Yaya Toure has failed to make the five-man shortlist for the African Player of the Year award, with three other Premier League stars in the running. The Manchester City midfielder has just returned to favour with his club, making his first league appearance of the season and scoring twice in the 2-1 win at Crystal Palace. Sadio Mane of Liverpool is in contention for this years accolade His period in exile from the City first team has seen Toure, who was angry at not winning the last African award, miss out on selection from the voting panel. Sky Sports Black Friday sale Dont delay! Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price! Riyad Mahrez, Sadio Mane and Islam Slimani are among the five in contention for the prize, along with current holder Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and former Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah. Toure celebrates after the Ivory Coast won last years Africa Cup of Nations The award winner will be announced on January 5, the African football confederation (CAF) said.Toure was sidelined during a dispute between his agent, Dimitri Seluk, and City manager Pep Guardiola, who demanded an apology for a series of scathing comments in the media made by the Ivorians representative. 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