Melbourne Victory have snapped their five-game winless run with a much-needed three points away to Newcastle Jets.
Fahid Ben-Khalfallah was the match winner on the 70 minutes with a neath finish, following a sublime pass from winger Kosta Barbarouses.
The Jets would rue their inability to create clear-cut scoring chances, as Victory ended a horrid run and kept their first clean sheet in nine outings.
Last season’s reigning champions move within a point of third placed Melbourne City, while Newcastle remain two points adrift of Wellington Phoenix who occupy sixth.
Here is some of the reactions from Twitter:
So much for out of form. Melbourne Victory have a 100% record in 2016. #NEWvMVC
— Daniel Cherny (@DanielCherny) January 3, 2016
as Simon Hill mentioned Jets have now broken a club record for longest run without scoring #NEWvMVC
— Marissa Lordanic (@maridanic_) January 3, 2016
will the Jets ever score a goal? #NEWvMVC
— Anna (@spannaforce) January 3, 2016
Newcastle crowd numbers are less than stellar. Haven’t they heard that the boycott is over? #NEWvMVC
— Ambiguous Andy (@Harri_Chas_17) January 3, 2016
Watching #NEWvMVC in #WLeague. Like women in ufc, without the extra strength & speed, it’s all about great technique & strategy. v enjoyable
— Mike Haydon (@MikeHaydon) January 3, 2016
Scott Miller has talked so much & rides on his experience but he is yet to show he can cut it based on results. #NEWvMVC
— Bay 49 Wanderers (@Bay49Wanderers) January 3, 2016
Bet David Carney had a quiet festive period after “accidentally” getting his 5th yellow just before Christmas #NEWvMVC
No more confident about the rest of the season than I was two hours ago, but good to have a win and to break that ridiculous curse. #NEWvMVC
— Nathan (@NathanMJ_22) January 3, 2016
Can someone please tell me what's improved @NewcastleJetsFC this season?
No goals in over 7hrs & only 3 from general play all yr. #NEWvMVC
— John Grimaud (@grimaud_john) January 3, 2016
— Daniel McBreen (@djmcbreen) January 3, 2016
Jets haven’t scored in 5 hours of football but Pavicevic is still stuck on the bench every week #NEWvMVC
— Bill Molloy (@Bill_Molloy94) January 3, 2016
Fantastic, absolutely fantastic. Take the win and come home. Amazing! ? #MVFC
— William Caldwell (@Will_Caldwell10) January 3, 2016
Victory win in Newcastle, this might be the apocolypse year. #MVFC #NEWvMVC
— Joel Fruci (@JoelFruch) January 3, 2016
#NEWvMVC Jets looks like they are always happy to go for a draw and did they even notice they were a goal down?
— Running Wild (@ILikeUrMomCokie) January 3, 2016
A win is a win is a win. Not pretty but will take it. Good chance to build on it next week vs CCM and keep touch with the leaders. #NEWvMVC
— Steve (@melb_steve) January 3, 2016
Well that was a rather rubbish game. #NEWvMVC
— Ryan’s Rovers (@Ryans_Rovers) January 3, 2016
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