Sydney FC have lost the chance to go top of the A-League ladder after defeat in the Australia Day Big Blue.
Sydney FC 0 def. by Melbourne Victory 4 (Santos 54’, 65’, Jelacic 78’, Jackson 82’)
Moments That Mattered:
10’ | SANTOS GOAL DISALLOWED – Santos runs clear and rounds Devenish-Meares but the goal is disallowed as he strays offside while making the run.
14’ | DAVIDSON GOAL DISALLOWED – Mata’s corner is flicked on at the near post and headed home at the far post by Davidson but he’s offside from the flick on.
18’ | DEVENISH-MEARES SAVE – Santos shoots low inside the box but Devenish-Meares gets down low to save with his left hand.
38’ | WOOD CHANCE – Quispe slides the ball through to Wood who pokes it goalwards but the keeper is out quickly to save.
45’ | WOOD CHANCE – Wood is sent free down the left channel and hits a left foot shot which is tipped over.
48’ | DAVIDSON GOAL DISALLOWED – Mata’s corner to the far post is headed home by Davidson but the ball comes off his arm and it’s disallowed.
54’ | SANTOS GOAL – Santos runs at the Sydney FC defence and into the box before curling it into the far corner.
55’ | DEVENISH-MEARES SAVE – A phenomenal save from Devenish-Meares from point blank range from Vergos on the six yard line.
65’ | SANTOS GOAL – Santos goes clear through the middle and slots it home.
67’ | CAMPUZANO GOAL DISALLOWED – The Spaniard hits it first time while back-tracking as Victory fail clear the corner but it’s wiped off for offside.
78’ | JELACIC GOAL – The substitute fires it over Devenish-Meares from the edge of the box.
82’ | JACKSON GOAL – Jackson heads home from a corner.
Match Report: Sydney FC have lost the chance to go top of the A-League ladder after going down 4-0 in the Australia day Big Blue.
The home side started the game the better of the two sides and had two goals disallowed in the first 15 minutes for offside as they pressurised the Sky Blues goal.
Talay’s men also had Devenish-Meares to thank for a save from Santos’ goalbound effort to keep the score goalless.
As the half wore on Sydney FC came back into the match with Wood managing to get into shooting positions and twice forcing keeper Warshawsky into good saves as neither side could break the deadlock at half time.
Alex Grant was substituted just before the break after taking an elbow to the face for which Vergos was booked.
Davidson had a goal disallowed for handball just after half time but it wasn’t long before Victory were ahead when Santos picked up the ball and curled it home from just inside the box on 54 minutes.
Devenish-Meares was called into action shortly after with a brilliant save to stop it becoming 2-0 however Santos did double the advantage 10 minutes later when he was sent clear to finish.
Campuzano had a goal disallowed for an earlier offside in a goal from a short corner three-quarters of the way through the contest.
Jelacic put the game beyond doubt with a strike from outside the box in the 78th minute, before Jackson made it 4-0 in the 82nd minute to complete the scoring.
What They Said: Ufuk Talay: “I thought we started off ok but we let them come into the game, we struggled with the basic fundamentals of controlling the ball and passing the ball.
“Our decision making let us down and the desire let us down. We were lacklustre in the final third and that’s not good enough to score a goal.
“We need to get our fundamentals right and we’ve got the derby this week which is the greatest thing to get back on track.
“There’s a certain level of expectation at this club when you pull on that shirt and you need to be at it. That wasn’t it from our players tonight.”
Sydney FC | 12. Harrison DEVENISH-MEARES (GK), 23. Rhyan GRANT (c), 32. Marcel TISSERAND (41. Alexandar POPOVIC 56’), 5. Alex GRANT (4. Jordan COURTNEY-PERKINS 45’+3’), 16. Joel KING, 6. Corey HOLLMAN, 24. Paul OKON-ENGSTLER (8 Wataru KAMIJO 56’), 20. Tiago QUINTAL (26. Niko ALFARO 89’), 13. Patrick WOOD (22. Mathias MACALLISTER 56’), 7. Piero QUISPE, 9. Victor CAMPUZANO (44. Akol AKON 89’)
Unused Subs | 30. Alexander ZAVERDINOS (GK).
Head Coach | Ufuk TALAY
Yellow Cards | King 31’, Tisserand 32’,
Red Cards | None
Melbourne Victory FC: 40. Jack WARSHAWSKY (GK), 2. Jason DAVIDSON, 4. Lachlan JACKSON, 9. Nikolaos VERGOS, 10. Denis GENREAU (8. Jordi VALADON 69’), 11. Clerismario SANTOS RODRIGUES (23. Keegan JELACIC 77’), 14. Matthew GRIMALDI (17. Nishan VELUPILLAY 69’), 15. Sebastian ESPOSITO, 22. Joshua RAWLINS, 27. Louis D’ARRIGO, 64. Juan MATA.
Unused Subs | 25. Jack DUNCAN (Gk), 7. Reno PISCOPO, 16. Joshua INSERRA, 19. Jing REEC,
Head Coach | Arthur DILIES
Yellow Cards | Genereau 39’, Vergos 45’+1’, Davidson 57’
Red Cards | None
Venue | AAMI Park
Referee | Daniel Elder
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