Melbourne City were impressive 3-1 winners over Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park in round 15 action of the A-League .
Melbourne City were lively from the outset and it didn’t take them long to add to their already impressive tally of 37 goals for the season. Bruno Fornaroli opened the scoring in the 11th minute; his 13th goal of the season.
In a bright and open match, City continued to threaten the Phoenix’s goal and doubled their advantage in the 30th minute through Harry Novillo. The Frenchman latched onto the end of a Michael Zullo cross, slotting it past Glen Moss.
After the break, the Melbourne team made it three with a beautifully worked move from left to right along the edge of the box. New signing Anthony Caceres and marquee man Aaron Mooy played their part in the lead up with Novillo’s curling shot finishing it off.
Wellington were able to get one on the board with Roly Bonevacia hitting yet another incredible strike which fell perfectly into the top right-hand corner beyond Thomas Sorensen’s reach.
Here is some of the best reaction from Twitter:
The Sergio Aguero of the A-League #Fornaroli #MCYvWEL
— Matt Coleman (@_MattColeman) January 25, 2016
This officiating is disgraceful at the minute. Bonevacia getting hacked every time he has the ball #MCYvWEL
— Matt Hume (@MattHume_) January 25, 2016
God, we're awful. The good bits of last season seems a million years ago. This is dreadful #COYN #MCYvWEL
— Tam Cramer ⚔ (@tamcramer) January 25, 2016
That is @BFornaroli's 13th goal of the season, the most goals scored in a season by a @MelbourneCity player. #MCYvWEL
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) January 25, 2016
Fornaroli and Novillo don't just score a lot of goals, they score a very high percentage of crackers. #MCYvWEL
— Adrian Vitez (@avitez) January 25, 2016
For everything beautiful about City's team goal comes beauty in the solo effort from Roly #MCYvWEL
— Dave Blackmore (@theRealD15) January 25, 2016
"That's a peach!" @WgtnPhoenixFC's @RolyBonevacia scores with "unsavable" strike against @MelbourneCity. #MCYvWEL https://t.co/IZmligkBSB
— BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) January 25, 2016
Big win for Muscat as he avoided picking up a card but did manage to pinch Fornaroli's wallet #MCYvWEL
— DestructionInTheBox (@DITBPod) January 25, 2016
Sigh. Outclassed again. It's becoming business as usual now. Hopefully we'll find some way of turning it round this weekend. #COYN #MCYvWEL
— Tam Cramer ⚔ (@tamcramer) January 25, 2016
@novillo_harry & @BFornaroli just wow!!! Unbelievable talent. What great players. Frm a Victory fan that's a huge compliment haha #MCYvWEL
— ⚽ DG_7⚽ (@donna_a7) January 25, 2016
Better second half from the Nix but still struggle to picture them as a top 6 side this year #MCYvWEL
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) January 25, 2016
Phoenix squad in need of a major overhaul ahead of next A-League season. Centre-back, 2 fullbacks, DM, AM and 2 strikers
— Jason Pine (@pineyzb) January 25, 2016
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