Kosta Barbarouses’s hat-trick led Melbourne Victory to a comprehensive win over Brisbane Roar.
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The Melbourne Victory handed Brisbane their biggest A-League defeat and extended their winless streak to nine with a 5-0 thumping at Suncorp Stadium on Tuesday.
Kevin Muscat’s men lived up to their billing of favourites, but were helped by some Roar wastefulness before running away from a re-jigged Brisbane in the second half.
Swede Ola Toivonen struck first with a neat header when left alone at the back post in the 14th minute, while Kosta Barbarouses was calm from the penalty spot after a Luke…
Melbourne City won their third consecutive game thanks to Ritchie De Laet’s winner.
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Melbourne City improvised their way to another A-League win, beating battlers Brisbane Roar 1-0.
In the absence of sidelined striker Bruno Fornaroli, marquee full-back Ritchie de Laet led the line for City at AAMI Park, scoring the only goal of the game.
De Laet got in front of marker Jack Hingert and swept in Rostyn Griffiths’ cross on 52 minutes to give Warren Joyce’s side their third straight win in 2019.
The triumph lifts City to 23 points, equal with Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC.
While they’re…
Brisbane roar lose a two goal lead and have a man sent off as Perth Glory come from behind to take the win.
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The New Year may have been ushered in, but it was more of the same for clubs at the foot of the ladder. Rob Brooks has the A-League under a microscope in his weekly wrap-up.
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Things are falling apart at the bottom of the table right now. That’s both figurative and literal for Central Coast Mariners, who watched on as a goal actually collapsed in their 4-1 home defeat to league-leading Perth Glory on New Years Eve.
So, not only are Central Coast experiencing the worst start…
Brisbane Roar ended their five game losing streak after they came back twice to earn a point against the Newcastle Jets at the McDonald Jones stadium.
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Newcastle’s season of frustration continued as Brisbane avoided a club record sixth consecutive loss with a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw at McDonald Jones Stadium on Wednesday night.
Dimi Petratos put Newcastle ahead on five minutes when he pounced on a loose pass from former Jet Jacob Pepper, beat two defenders and powered his left-foot shot past Jamie Young.
The Jets had seven shots to Brisbane’s zero on target in the first half but the visitors held on before Adam Taggart equalised from Connor…
Sydney FC have defeated the Brisbane Roar 2-1 at Jubilee Stadium thanks to a brace from Adam Le Fondre and a penalty save late on from Andrew Redmayne.
Perth Gory will end 2018 atop the A-League, but they were delayed by 45 minutes in their win over Central Coast.
Tomislav Mrcela’s tumble into the net broke the goalpost as the Central Coast Mariners hosted Perth Glory.
Still reeling from John Aloisi’s shock exit, Brisbane Roar interim coach Darren Davies says a nightmare schedule may be just what his battling A-League club needs to move on.
Davies’ long term future remains up in the air with the Roar believed to have received hundreds of applications from across the country and overseas to replace Aloisi, who quit last Friday.
But Davies said his sole priority was rallying his shell-shocked troops ahead of Wednesday’s away clash with Newcastle Jets and ending…