Melbourne
City maestro Aaron Mooy has orchestrated a 4-2 victory against an off-key
Adelaide United to leave the Reds as the A-League's only winless club.
Mooy
set up Eric Paartalu for the opener and scored the next before Bruno Fornaroli
rubbed salt into the Reds' gaping wounds with a second-half brace in Thursday
night's fixture at Adelaide's Coopers Stadium.
Adelaide's
Sergio Cirio scored in the 66th minute - the first goal by a Reds player this
season - and teammate Pablo Sanchez netted late after a questionable penalty
call.
Adelaide,
after two draws to open their campaign, have conceded 10 goals in three
consecutive defeats in a grim start to new coach Guillermo Amor's tenure.
Mooy
pulled the strings in a midfield masterclass which helped City bank their
second win of the season.
The
creative force set up Paartalu's opener in the eighth minute to stun Adelaide's
8632-strong home crowd.
Mooy
delivered a tracer corner to Paartalu, who was gifted a free run to the near
post by slack Adelaide defending and duly deflected a header into the net.
Mooy
scored himself in the 35th minute - he took control on the edge of the box and
thundered a right-footer which cracked into the under-side of the cross-bar and
over the line.
City
increased their lead to 3-0 in the 56th minute when Fornaroli somehow prevailed
when seemingly sandwiched by three Adelaide defenders.
The
Uruguayan slid past the defence, and then slid forward to poke over despairing
Adelaide goalkeeper John Hall.
Adelaide
gained some traction five minutes later when Cirio, gifted time and space,
launched a sweet 12-metre strike into the net.
But
10 minutes later, Fornaroli slipped an offside trap, darted around gloveman
Hall and coolly slotted his second - he's scored in three of Melbourne's five
games.
Adelaide
gained some scoreboard respectability in the 85th minute when substitute Bruce
Kamau was brought down in the box by City captain Patrick Kisnorbo, who
appeared unfortunate to cop a penalty which was converted by Sanchez.
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