Adelaide United continued their return to form with a 3-1 win at nib Stadium
The Glory got off to the perfect start, taking the lead inside the first ten minutes after Chris Harold forced Tarek Elrich to put the ball into his own net. However, Harold missed a golden opportunity to put his team further ahead minutes later and Adelaide were able to equalise after Bruce Djite and Marcelo Carrusca combined to set up Sergio Cirio.
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Things went downhill for the home side just moments before half time as central defender Alex Grant was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Craig Goodwin. Adelaide then took the lead just minutes into the second half after a fine individual effort from Marcelo Carrusca. Despite a deluge of possession, Adelaide failed to build on their lead and found themselves put under pressure by the Glory more than once as they searched for an equaliser.
Unfortunately for Kenny Lowe’s men though, the level of commitment required ton play with ten players cost Perth in the end as Craig Goodwin scored his side’s third goal in stoppage time.
Here are the best reactions to come from Twitter after the result:
Guyon a bit short, we reckon. Especially considering he got released this week #PERvADL #aleague pic.twitter.com/cU7e7cO18h
— DestructionInTheBox (@DITBPod) January 9, 2016
Seven home grown Perth players starting for @PerthGloryFC today including all of our back four with ages of 20 23 21 & 21 years old #PERvADL
— Peter Filopoulos (@peterfilopoulos) January 9, 2016
14' | OH MY GOD. CHRIS HAROLD JUST MISSED A SITTER #PERvADL
— Outside90 (@Outside90) January 9, 2016
Miss of the season. #PERvADL pic.twitter.com/TWhMwANeEZ
— Neil Sherwin (@neilsherwin) January 9, 2016
2 contenders for #missoftheseason in this game. This time it is Castro #PERvADL
— Steven Gardner (@deepwebdesign) January 9, 2016
Did you know last year, Castro scored at the Bernabéu? #TrueFact #PERvADL
— Cameron (@au_sesquip) January 9, 2016
I have been quite impressed with what Alex Grant has done since coming into the @ALeague but that was just plain dumb. #PERvADL
— Brendan Da Costa (@BrendanDaCosta) January 9, 2016
Thank goodness Amor didn't ruin Carrusca after all, that was exquisite. #PERvADL
— Andrew (@andrew_54) January 9, 2016
@AdelaideUnited what a goal by @chelocarrusca #PERvADL #ALeague
— James Peter (@James2012crows) January 9, 2016
Great result @AdelaideUnited
Back into finals calculations 👏#PERvADL#COYR— Steve Mikić (@SMikic13) January 9, 2016
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