Perth Glory has continued its surge up the Hyundai A-League table, moving to fifth after comfortably disposing of Central Coast 4-0 at nib Stadium on Saturday night.
An ill-disciplined Mariners side was reduced to nine men early in the second half, with Mitch Austin and former Liverpool and Barcelona star Luis Garcia picking up their second yellows within the space of six minutes.
Diego Castro and Andy Keogh were the beneficiaries of Central Coast’s poor tackling, netting penalties in the 4th and 67th minutes respectively.
Keogh also scored just before the second penalty to become the first Glory player to find the back of the net in five consecutive matches, before Chris Harold headed home his seventh goal of the season just seconds before the full-time whistle.
GOALS
1-0 Diego Castro (4’ pen) – The Spaniard threaded the ball between two Mariners defenders to Harold, who was brought down on the edge of the penalty area by a clumsy challenge from Tomislav Uskok. Castro took the spot kick, carefully placing the ball into the bottom right corner as goalkeeper Paul Izzo dived the opposite way.
2-0 Andy Keogh (53’) – The Irishman netted his fifth goal in as many matches when he comfortably headed home a Josh Risdon cross from the right side of the penalty area, becoming the first Glory player to score in fifth consecutive matches.
3-0 Andy Keogh (67’ pen) – Mariners captain Nick Montgomery recklessly gave away his team’s second penalty of the night when he took out Risdon’s legs as the right back attempted to master his way through a cluster of defenders. With Castro subbed off seven minutes earlier, Keogh took the penalty and scored an almost identical goal to his teammate’s earlier spot kick.
4-0 Chris Harold (90’+4) – Keogh played the ball to Risdon deep on the right side in the box, with the Glory skipper firing in a high cross which in-form winger Harold headed home with the final play of the match.
TEAMS
Perth Glory: 1.Ante COVIC (GK), 2.Alex GRANT (6.Dino DJULBIC 76’), 3.Marc WARREN, 4.Shane LOWRY, 7.Gyorgy SANDOR, 9.Andy KEOGH, 11.Richard GARCIA (24.Jamal REINERS 71’), 14.Chris HAROLD, 17.Diego CASTRO (18.Mitch OXBORROW 60’), 19.Josh RISDON (C), 23.Krisztian VADOCZ, 29.Aryn WILLIAMS
Central Coast: 1.Paul IZZO (GK), 3.Josh ROSE, 4.Jacob POSCOLIERO, 5.Harry ASCROFT, 6.Mitch AUSTIN, 7.Fabio FERREIRA (15.Brad McDONALD 69’), 8.Nick MONTGOMERY (C), 9.Roy O’DONOVAN (19.Josh BINGHAM 67’), 10.Luis GARCIA, 22.Jake McGING, 23.Tomislav USKOK (16.Liam ROSE 42’)
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