Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory 1- November - 2009 Video

Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory 1- November - 2009

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Hernandez lifts Victory

Carlos Hernandez continued his merry goalscoring ways as Melbourne Victory broke their Perth hoodoo with a 2-1 A-League triumph at ME Bank Stadium on Sunday.
Glory striker Mile Sterjovski notched one of the goals of the season but a brace to Hernandez, albeit with one goal coming from a wicked deflection, proved the difference as Victory enjoyed just their second ever win in Perth in front of 10,035 fans.

Melbourne's sixth win from their past seven matches keeps Ernie Merrick's men within one point of ladder leaders Sydney FC, while Perth's three-game losing streak has left them clinging to fifth position with a host of teams ready to pounce on their top-six spot.

Perth were made to pay dearly for their lack of awareness in defence during a 2-1 loss to North Queensland Fury last week and again it proved their Achilles heel as Hernandez's deflected strike opened the scoring in the sixth minute.

Hernandez, one of the best sharpshooters of the competition, made the most of an acre of space as he approached Perth's box, unleashing a strike that took a wicked deflection off defender Chris Coyne to wrongfoot Glory goalkeeper Tando Velaphi.

But Sterjovski, returning after a fortnight on the sidelines with an ankle injury, had the home side back on level pegging with a 19th-minute wonder strike.

With deft control, Sterjovski brought Jamie Coyne's long ball to ground on the edge of the box, turned on the spot and unleashed a right-foot stunner that crashed into the top left-hand corner of the net.

A fumble from Melbourne goalkeeper Glen Moss almost allowed Perth to snatch the lead in the 40th minute, but Kevin Muscat was on hand to clear Eugene Dadi's goalward-bound header.

Moss made up for his mistake a minute later with a great close-range save to deny Dadi, who was handed a rare starting appearance after Serbian striker Branko Jelic withdrew due to a stomach bug.

Archie Thompson wreaked havoc on Perth's defence in the opening half and the Victory striker was at it again after the break, setting up numerous chances as the defending champions threatened to tear the game wide open.

Perth's defence finally wilted in the 67th minute when a lunging Hernandez, unmarked at the far post, latched on to Nathan Elasi's low cross with the outside of his right boot, cannoning the ball into the unguarded net to notch his seventh goal of the season.

"It's been a while (since our last win here), 24th September, 2006. so I kept reminding the boys to get another win here," Merrick said after the match.

"Perth's a good side on home soil so it's very satisfying to put on a performance like that and get all three points."

However, Merrick was less than impressed with several close off-side calls that went against Thompson.

"In the second half we created a number of one-on-ones but I was really disappointed Archie was pulled up for two off-sides," he said.

"Replays showed he wasn't off-side ... the linesmen really have to get it right."

Perth coach Dave Mitchell rued his side's inability to convert chances.

"I'm bitterly disappointed because we've lost our home advantage," Mitchell said.

"The first half we've played very well and could have been a couple of goals up.

"The second half we didn't perform the way we would have liked and we paid the price for it."

Mitchell also defended striker Eugene Dadi's angry response to being substituted towards the end of the second half.

Dadi, a late replacement for the ill Branko Jelic, looked particularly frustrated when asked to make way for youngster Ludovic Boi on debut. But Mitchell was not overly concerned, preferring to see the 35-year-old's response as a positive.

"Eugene hadn't played for a little while and he had a good game today," Mitchell said.

"If he's not happy being taken off, that's a good thing."

"It's good he's disappointed. (But) look, if there was a little bit of dissent there, I'll have a chat with him and talk with him and put my arm around him and buy him a coffee (to sort it out)."

1 November 2009 | 21:03 - AAP

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one22andan8th: commentator a Perth fan?

chopinnocture: Thanks again nostro, you are a legend. Putting the vids of other teams is nice, but the MV ones are essential ;-) Nice strike Sterjovski; great goals MV, good save moss.

MrSportingSuperstar: Shit Goalkeeping by Velaphi. Man it fucks me off so much, this guy makes mistakes like every damn game, but of course when he played Adel a few weeks ago he was fukn unstoppable!!! Hernandez= Superstar!

andrewshanebrown: i'd be a better commentator than those douche bags

spatula89: Finally a win in Perth. Very important as to not let sydney run away. Not that it would matter too much in this league.

2009benma: good game. great to see the vids in widescreen format now and also no out of sync audio which is another bonus(stupid youtube). thanks again for your time with the videos. COME ON MELBOURNE

germanmveintitres: Muy Bien por Carlos

05011991: woooo go melbourne!! carlos looks so big in widescreen, must be kfc lol

MbMachine: well done victory. good to see glenn moss shutting the mouths of victory wankers who dont think hes good enough. but 1 doubt carlos is staying next season if he keeps this up :P he'll get picked up like fred did