Rojas strike sinks Glory

Melbourne Victory have won their fourth game in five games after a brilliant curling effort from Marco Rojas gave the home side a narrow 1-0 win over Perth Glory at Aami Park.

It was a disappointing first half of football for both sides, with neither team able to create any clear cut chances. The only real chance of the half fell to Kiwi international Marco Rojas, whose attempt to lob Danny Vukovic could only find the top of the net.

After starting well in the second half, Victory finally broke the deadlock in the fifty-eighth minute through in-form winger Marco Rojas, who found the top right hand corner with a brilliant curling drive.

Following the goal, the home side had Nathan Coe to thank after the keeper made two crucial saves, firstly palming away a Chris Harold strike and minutes later saving brilliantly to deny a Shane Smeltz header. Despite pushing hard to for an equaliser, Perth were unable to find a way past Coe, therefore falling to their fourth loss of the season.

Goal - Marco Rojas (58th min)

MV – Nathan COE, Adama TRAORE, Petar FRANJIC, Guilherme FINKLER (James JEGGO 93^rd min),  Jonathan Bru (Leigh BROXHAM 74^th min), Marcos FLORES, Marco ROJAS, Diogo FERREIRA, Billy CELESKI, Adrian LEIJER, Andrew NABBOUT (Theo MARKELIS 74^th min).

PG – Danny VUKOVIC, Bas VAN DER BRINK, Billy MEHMET, Steve PANTELIDIS, Nick WARD (Brandon ONEILL 65^th min), Dean HEFFERNAN, Shane SMELTZ, Adrian ZAHRA (Chris HAROLD 61^st min), Travis DODD, Steven MCGARRY, Joshua RISDON.