Perth Glory, the free-scoring side that epitomise this splendid A-League season, are nicely placed to give themselves their best shot at capturing the elusive title.
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Eight fixtures, 27 goals and a plethora of talking points came from Matchweek 7 of the 2020/21 A-League campaign.
The dramatic action was relentless as game after game of high-octane football passed. Perth Glory lit the fuse with a gritty win over Adelaide United before Brisbane Roar pumped Melbourne Victory 5-2 at Dolphin Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Macarthur FC and Western Sydney Wanderers proceeded to engage in one of the most entertaining draws you re likely to see this season, while Newcastle Jets held steadfast to defeat Melbourne City 1-0.
Central Coast Mariners sensation Alous Kuol stole the show with a two-goal cameo off the bench to sink Western United, Sydney FC forward Kosta Barbarouses regained his form with a brace of his own in a 2-1 win over Wellington Phoenix, before 2-0 wins to both Macarthur FC and Western Sydney against the Roar and Victory respectively rounded out the engaging Matchweek.
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After Adelaide broke the deadlock in the first half, the Glory turned in a strong second-half performance, netting the winner in the 83rd minute when substitute Daniel Stynes shot took a deflection which wrong-footed goalkeeper James Delianov.
Perth coach Richie Garcia praised his side s determination to respond to their first half setback. I definitely think in the second half we got to grips with what we were doing, he said. The character and the willingness to get in front and get back in the game was notable from our players.
Perth looked the livelier of the two sides in the opening quarter hour with Andy Keogh, Bruno Fornaroli and Diego Castro finding plenty of the ball and space and causing the Reds defence concern.
Bruno Fornaroli pinched the ball from Craig Noone and slipped it to Castro, who found Daniel Stynes.
From there, Stynes long-range shot deflected off Carlo Armiento and wrongfooted Tom Glover.
But City hit back in the 33rd minute when Noone s shot ricocheted off the post and into the path of Maclaren, who this time made no mistake with the finish.
City s relief would last just nine minutes as Ingham, who had hit the crossbar seven minutes into the game, put Glory in front with a diving header in the 42nd.
The linesman initially flagged the defender offside from Neil Kilkenny s skidding corner, but the decision was overturned after a VAR review.