Perth Glory has lost the chance to host an elimination final going down 4-0 to Sydney FC in the last match of the regular season.
David Carney opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Filip Holosko found his way into the box and a deflection off a Glory defender fell conveniently for Carney who was able to score his second goal for the Sky Blues this season.
Holosko then secured a goal of his own in the 38th minute. Sydney’s marquee man went on a brilliant run, evaded two Perth defenders, cut inside and slotted home his 10th goal for the season.
Sydney continued to outplay the Glory in the second half but went a man down after Holosko collected his second yellow card for the game.
The numerical advantage did little for the Glory, with Sydney going on to score another two goals. Ali Abbas was released down the left by Milos Ninkovic, with the left back nutmegging his defender and then striking it past Ante Covic.
Ninkovic added the fourth and final goal in injury time, waiting unmarked in the box to tap in off an Andrew Hoole cross.
Perth will need to regroup quickly as they face Melbourne City next weekend.
Here’s how Twitter reacted.
that is a honking challenge from Marc Warren #SYDvPER
— Vince Rugari (@VinceRugari) April 10, 2016
Marc Warren more than lucky to escape a red card. Disgracefully reckless challenge. #SYDvPER #ALeague
— Ryan Steele (ライアン) (@Steelinho) April 10, 2016
Falcon-sational #SYDvPER
— Matt Connellan (@MattConnellan) April 10, 2016
Perth don't want a home final? #SYDvPER
— Kazonaki (@kazonis) April 10, 2016
Is currently listening to Delta Goodrem – Lost without you #SYDvPER pic.twitter.com/hFa1T5bOdM
— Blayne Treadgold (@BlayneTreadgold) April 10, 2016
Perth have been the form team in the @ALeague in recent weeks but look terrible tonight #SYDvPER
— David Zdrilic (@Zdrila) April 10, 2016
Regardless of final result, this is a big reality check for @PerthGloryFC. Might be a blessing in disguise come finals. #SYDvPER @ALeague
— Harley Mitaros (@harleymita) April 10, 2016
Glory have been worse than the pitch and the atmosphere, and that's saying something #SYDvPER
— Ben Smith (@BenSmith94) April 10, 2016
ITS THE BEN WILLIAMS SHOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ! #SYDvPER
— James S (@stilltheone08) April 10, 2016
Best performance when it doesn't matter 😂 #SYDvPER
— Bruno Contente (@BrunzC) April 10, 2016
I thought my half-marathon would be the toughest 2 hours of the day but sitting through #SYDvPER probably tops it.
— Lincoln Bertelli (@LincolnBertelli) April 10, 2016
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