A late Vince Lia strike condemned 10-man Perth Glory to a 2-1 defeat in a cagey contest at nib Stadium on Sunday.
Both sides had good spells in what was a patchy contest. The Glory took an early lead through Gyorgy Sandor on seven minutes, only to be cancelled out moments later by Roy Krishna.
The match took many a late twist after Perth skipper Richard Garcia was given his marching orders for a second bookable offence. The situation was inches away from compounding for the home side only for the ball to ricochet off the base of the upright from the resulting free kick. Ben Sigmund netted the rebound but was flagged for offside.
When the Glory appeared to be safe, Vince Lia bobbed up to score a smart goal from a corner on 88 minutes.
The match threw up surprises and talking points. Here’s what the Twittersphere had to say:
“Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you” comes to mind for this one… #PERvWEL
— James McGrath (@james_r_mcgrath) October 18, 2015
“Just Thwaite right there while I go round you and score,” – Krishna, probably. #PERvWEL
— Cam Russell (@CamRussNZ) October 18, 2015
The way @PerthGloryFC players treat the match officials has been their biggest negative the past few years. Disgraceful #PERvWEL — Troy Nicholson (@troy271) October 18, 2015
I though the time difference between Melbourne & Perth was 3hrs, judging by the Glory chants their actually about 30 years behind #PERvWEL — Michael Cursio (@Meetuinzion) October 18, 2015
Forever tweeting at the Nix twitter account the real hashtag of the game #PERvWEL — Dylan (@DylanB43) October 18, 2015
Blake Powell! (thanks @AdamRyan) #PERvWEL pic.twitter.com/wnOkNISuJh
— Patrick Barnes (@patrick478) October 18, 2015
KL not happy @PerthGloryFC #DontBlameHim #WestvsRest #PERvWEL pic.twitter.com/9Wly1ABbjE — WebberandRicciardo (@MichelleDuthie) October 18, 2015
#PervWel some strange subs by Ernie. Appiah the forgotten man. — Ant (@ahaak) October 18, 2015
Vinniesta!!!!!!! #PERvWEL
— Ryan’s Rovers (@Ryans_Rovers) October 18, 2015
Vinnie Lia!!!!!! From a corner!!!! The world has gone mad! #COYN#PERvWEL
— Tam Cramer (@tamcramer) October 18, 2015
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