Marco Rojas was on fire in an opening half hour in which Victory blitzed their cross-town rivals,scoring three times without reply and setting up the platform from which they could dominate the game.
A-League club Melbourne City have rejected an SOS from the injury-stricken Socceroos to call up defender Curtis Good for the crucial World Cup qualifier against Japan on Thursday.
A barrage of shots on goal from both teams lit up the A-League Women’s first finals Melbourne derby at AAMI Park on Sunday,with the Victory earning the right to defend their crown in the decider.
Sydney largely dominated the clash at a rainswept Netstrata Jubilee Stadium,but they once again failed to take their chances and were punished at the death.
Sydney FC are hell-bent on revenge against Melbourne City in Saturday’s grand final rematch at Kogarah.
United’s 3-2 win over Western Sydney put them back on top of the table,but it was overshadowed by the magic Ben Garuccio produced out of nowhere.
The defending champions had to weather an early storm from the Wanderers but once they did,they had it all their own way.
Western Sydney’s A-League Men season took another turn for the worse as skipper Rhys Williams was stretchered off with a severe hamstring injury in a pulsating 3-3 draw with champions Melbourne City.
Melbourne City’s Hannah Wilkinson lit up AAMI Park on Sunday with a record-equalling five-goal haul in the A-League Women’s Melbourne derby,while Victory men are equal top after a convincing win over COVID-hit Western United.
The A-League will charter a flight for the Glory from Brisbane to finish isolation at home for Christmas,while Melbourne City records six cases.
This week:Victory fans find their voices and their women’s team is off to a perfect start,Carl Robinson leads the sack race,Western United pull an Arsenal and Daniel Sturridge is not happy.