Melbourne Victory returned to their best in empathic fashion with a 4-0 win over Brisbane Roar earlier this evening.
The visitors were given little chance from the outset, with Fahid Ben Khalfallah opening the scoring in the fifth minute in the low drive and the reigning A-League champions never looking back.
Kosta Barbarouses’ first of the evening doubled the lead soon after, and largely putting the game beyond doubt by the half-hour mark with his second. A sublime performance from Kevin Muscat’s men was capped-off in perfect fashion by Besart Berisha early into the second-half.
Victory fans were undeerstandably ecstatic with the result, that throws them right back into contention for back-to-back A-League titles.
Here are the best reactions from Twitter:
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Damn that was good. We're back farken! #MVCvBRI
— Katie Lambeski (@katielambeski) January 15, 2016
Statement made @gomvfc!!! WE ARE BACK!!! #MVCvBRI #MVFC
— Luke Foley (@LukeAFoley) January 15, 2016
Poor Brisbane fans, traveling all that way four nothing.#MVCvBRI
— Victory Stats (@VictoryStats) January 15, 2016
Brilliant way to bounce back from last week, great win Victory!! #MVCvBRI #MVFC
— Daniel Santopietro (@dsantopietro_) January 15, 2016
Clean sheets. I forgot how good they feel! #MVCvBRI
— Rowland (@rolowears27) January 15, 2016
Brisbane Roar like those lost & confused flamingos that flew to Siberia instead of to warmer climates. #MVCvBRI
— Ned Zelic (@NedZelic) January 15, 2016
John Aloisi must absolutely hate AAMI Park. #badmemories #heart #MVCvBRI
— Michael Auciello (@MichaelAuciello) January 15, 2016
Fantastic stuff tonight! Great debut by Nigro, and a clean sheet to boot! #mvfc #MVCvBRI
— Dale Stevens (@Sui1977) January 15, 2016
What a sensational and dominate performance by @gomvfc ! That's how Victory play! @ALeague #MVCvBRI #MVFC #BeautifulGame
— Pete Fahy (@Ozbirdfan) January 15, 2016
Bloody great to see the Victory back to almost their best. It's been a while since we spanked someone like that! #MVCvBRI
— Ben B (@ben_blowers) January 15, 2016
So proud of the @gomvfc tonight, so well played, and for the memory of a young man gone to soon, much love to his family. ❤️ #MVCvBRI
— Sandy Hunter (@sandyhunter2) January 15, 2016
Nigella Lawson and Novak Djokovic at an #ALeague game.
We've made it. #MVCvBRI
— Domenic Favata (@DomFavata) January 15, 2016
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