Adelaide United took a step toward the 2015-16 A-League Premiers’ Plate with a 2-0 win over Melbourne City earlier tonight.
Isaias’ free-kick in the opening minutes bamboozled both the wall and goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen to give the Reds the perfect start.
The hosts looked to hurt Adelaide on the counter, but key figures such as Aaron Mooy and Bruno Fornaroli were isolated early. The Reds would go into the break 2-0 up due to some controversey after Sorensen collided into Stefan Mauk inside the area and Bruce Djite perfectly from the spot, yet both sides would explode at the halftime whistle leading to dramatic scenes from the tunnel.
City showed some better attacking intent in the second-half, yet it was Adelaide who would come closer to extending the lead with Dylan McGowan’s header which was disallowed just after the hour-mark.
John van’t Schip’s grew increasingly insipid as the match wore on, unable to present much of a test to Eugene Galekovic until the final minutes of the contest.
Adelaide move to the A-League summit and now need the Melbourne Victory to claim a positive result against the Brisbane Roar to seal the silverware.
Here are some of the best reactions to come from Twitter after the result:
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Come on you reds #aufc #omadara #MCYvADL
— Panagiotis (@panagiotinho) April 8, 2016
Brilliant display Adelaide United. High quality, balance, & top game structure — cruised to victory. #MCYvADL
— Ned Zelic (@NedZelic) April 8, 2016
Top 2 finish guaranteed and possibly the premiers plate tomorrow night. Feels good man. #COYR #MCYvADL
— Scott Gage (@GageExperience) April 8, 2016
Words cannot describe how I am feeling right now. Unbelievable @AdelaideUnited Top 2 after where we were. Over to you Brisbane #MCYvADL
— Jonathon Clark (@glasses_jono) April 8, 2016
Write us off at your peril. We're coming for the toilet seat! Adelaide Olé #MCYvADL #COYR
— Nik Z (@nikozoum) April 8, 2016
Adelaide played like they wanted it more. We played like we already won the league and the last two games didn’t matter. #MCYvADL #together
— Alvin Ng (@AlvinNg) April 8, 2016
Adelaide were rock solid, but City are bottling this season. Have way too much quality on paper not to make top 2 #MCYvADL
— Blake (@blake_1986) April 8, 2016
@MelbourneCity I am doing this when i get home. Fed up with this pissweak club, full of pansies. Fuck This #MCYvADL pic.twitter.com/pvKfk5U7hv
— #CELTSSOXPATS (@Darth_Celtic) April 8, 2016
Last 2 weeks have been our worse two performances of the season, insipid display from the lot of them! Season will done next week #MCYvADL
— Moe (@moeWS_lfc33) April 8, 2016
Not sure who was worse tonight, Melbourne City or the Melburnians… Credit to the travelling United fans #MCYvADL
— ˗ˏˋ OssyOsbert ˎˊ˗ (@ossyosbert) April 8, 2016
How funny it is seeing City go from top to (most likely) 5th within 2 weeks. All that hype for nothing. Oh, and bye bye Aaron. #MCYvADL
— Dylan Pike (@pikejdylan) April 8, 2016
Melbourne City just did a Heart 😂😂😂 #MCYvADL
— Taylor Brasser (@tbrasser7) April 8, 2016
Melbourne City & the premiers plate.#MCYvADL pic.twitter.com/Eu5CghbNZB
— Chris Van Unen (@Ritchie78) April 8, 2016
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