Left out of the Socceroos squad announced midweek, Maclaren scored twice in four first-half minutes and completed his treble late to lead the hosts into top spot.
A second-half downpour failed to halt Brisbane’s momentum as they added three goals to a 2-0 half-time lead in an ominous sign for their fellow title hopefuls.
GOALS
1-0 Jamie Maclaren (18’) – Brandon Borrello will claim it was intentional but in truth the winger’s assist owes largely to a heavy first touch. His scrambling poke away from a Victory defender – after receiving Thomas Broich’s pass – fell favourably for the unmarked Maclaren to sweep home a simple finish at the far post.
2-0 Jamie Maclaren (22’) – If the first was fortuitous, this was simply stunning in its swift design. Dimitri Petratos received a quick pass from defence following a Victory corner and hit a raking, world-class pass into the path of Maclaren, who produced an unerring lob of the advanced Danny Vukovic.
3-0 Corey Brown (55’) – The freedom of two-goal buffers can do great things for confidence. Recalled to the starting eleven, Brown received a short corner and laced a firm shot from outside the area which deflected heavily off Besart Berisha’s outstretched leg.
4-0 Corona (76’) – Roar’s second counter-attacking goal of the night and one almost as special as the first. Petratos led the right-side breakaway and squared smartly for Maclaren, one of two attackers in tow. Danny Vukovic did well to deny the forward his hattrick but could do little to prevent Corona’s cute, dinked follow-up.
5-0 Jamie Maclaren (87’) – A late Roar corner somehow squirmed through a sea of Victory defenders to reach Maclaren at the far post, where he was able to hold off a marker and finish tidily back across Vukovic for a true poacher’s hattrick.
Brisbane Roar: Young (gk), Hingert, Bowles, North, Brown, Corona (Lustica 76’), Petratos, McKay (Hervas 88’), Borrello, Maclaren, Broich (Henrique 62’)
Melbourne Victory: Vukovic (gk), Geria, Deng, Delpierre, Galloway (Georgievski 67’), Mahazi, Bozanic, Ingham (Pain 72’), Finkler, Ben Khalfallah, Berisha (Thompson 67’)
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