Chris Harold and Diego Castro scored a brace each as Perth Glory demolished a sorry Newcastle Jets 6-1 at Hunter Stadium on Sunday evening.
The home side opened the scoring through a Milos Trifunovic header from a corner inside 15 minutes, only for Harold to score a header of his own from a well weighted Josh Risdon cross.
Castro then weaved some magic when he bamboozled his defender and plundered a fierce shot past Mark Birighitti minutes before the end of the first half.
The Jets played the entire second half with 10 men after skipper Nigel Boogaard carelessly collected a second yellow card on the stroke of half time.
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Any hopes the Jets had of hanging in the game were extinguished when Daniel Mullen horribly cleared the ball into his own net on 48 minutes.
A flurry of goals from Harold, Alex Grant and a clever finish from Castro provided the icing on the cake for the Glory, while it compounded Jets’ woes on a day to forget.
Here is some of the best reactions from Twitter:
Newcastle jets…. #NEWvPER pic.twitter.com/j3cnGOQTl2
— J R (@J_Robzz) January 24, 2016
So disappointed. Disgraceful. This was a potential three points for us. We need to get some serious transfers done in this window #NEWvPER
— Bryce Robinson (@busterbryce) January 24, 2016
Have to admire Perth’s ruthless streak #NEWvPER
— Eamonn (@eamonnwarner) January 24, 2016
Watched the own goal 5 times and I still don’t know what Mullen was thinking. #NEWvPER.
— West Sydney Football (@WestSydney) January 24, 2016
It must be unbelievably frustrating being a Jets fan. #NEWvPER
— Katie Lambeski (@katielambeski) January 24, 2016
12 games undefeated for @PerthGloryFC vs the Jets equals the @ALeague record for most consecutive games undefeated vs an opponent. #NEWvPER
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) January 24, 2016
Difficult to play a whole half with 10 men, low work rate and heads were down. Put it behind them and move forward. #newvper #aleague
— Ryan Steele (ライアン) (@Steelinho) January 24, 2016
What an afternoon: @PerthGloryFC’s biggest #aleague win. Truly amazing! #NEWvPER
— Lincoln Bertelli (@LincolnBertelli) January 24, 2016
Up 1-0 then concede 6. ?? #NEWvPER
— Brad (@bradfogarty95) January 24, 2016
The lack of quality and experienced players out there showed today @NewcastleJetsFC #NEWvPER
— Natalie Steele (@cdnsteele) January 24, 2016
The most goals Glory have scored in an #aleague game and their biggest winning margin. #NEWvPER pic.twitter.com/95TP1EJIXX
— Neil Sherwin (@neilsherwin) January 24, 2016
Fantastic result for the @PerthGloryFC boys; ruthlessly dispatched a 10-man team, job very well done. #NEWvPER
— Harley Mitaros (@harleymita) January 24, 2016
After that performance, I’ve made an executive decision to stay in the UK until the A-League season is over #NEWvPER
— Ben Smith (@BenSmith94) January 24, 2016
That was just insane. Need to carry this through to next week though. Passing and control with the ball was beautiful today. #NEWvPER
— OzGooner (@perth_ozgooner) January 24, 2016
Surely #DiegoCastro man of the match and @aleague round 16 @PerthGloryFC @FOXFOOTBALL #NEWvPER #GoGlory
— Peter Filopoulos (@peterfilopoulos) January 24, 2016
I don’t think the Jets were this bad under Phil Stubbins last season #NEWvPER
— Alex Kocovski (@alekoisawesome) January 24, 2016
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