TOWNSVILLEBULLETIN.COM.AU MONDAY OCTOBER 20 2014 FOOTBALL SPORT 21 Villa waits until the death to steal a point for City FULLTIME DAVID Villa struck a late defusing so much of the danger Villa struck it sweetly to make They created a glut of chan- ALEAGUE: ROUND 2 equaliser as City the hosts created, worked tire- it two goals from two games in ces. A powerful shot from UNITED 1 (Sergio Cirio snatched a 1-1 draw in yester- lessly to deny Villa. the A-League. David Williams went within 85m) drew MELBOURNE VIC- day’s A-League clash with But the crowd of 15,717 There was five minutes of centimetres of the crossbar in TORY 1 (Ben Khalfallah 89m) at Newcastle Jets at AAMI Park. would not go home disap- injury and extra time and both the ninth minute, while Villa . Crowd: 33,126. Ref- Jets striker Edson Montano pointed. Spain’s all-time lead- sides had chances in a frenetic almost found the back of the eree: Peter O’Leary. had threatened to upstage ing goalscorer, the man they end, but they were forced to net with a fine header late in WELLINGTON PHOENIX 2 (Mi- Villa (pictured), breaking the had all come to see in his first split the points. the first half. chael McGlinchey 35m, Nathan deadlock with a bullet-like home game at City, fired home City dominated the first half Instead it was Ecuadorean Burns 54m) bt CENTRAL COAST header in the 62nd minute. a wondrous goal from the edge and looked potent throughout striker Montano, who had pre- MARINERS 1 (Tom Doyle 12m og) Newcastle central defender of the box in the 87th minute. the clash, with Villa, Damien viously seen very little action at Central Coast Stadium. Crowd: Kew Jaliens and goalkeeper Birighitti saw it coming, but Duff, and Massi- due to the hosts being starved 7,237. Referee: Ben Williams. , responsible for there was little he could do as mo Murdocca all influential. of possession, who scored first. FC 3 (Corey Gameiro 45+1m, Romeo Castelen 50m og, 79m) bt WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 2 ( 19m, Vedran Janjetovic 24m og) at Allianz Stadium. Crowd: 41,213. Referee: Kris Grif- fiths-Jones. MELBOURNE CITY 1 (David Villa Mulvey 87m) drew NEWCASTLE JETS 1 (Edson Montano 62m) at AAMI Park. Crowd: 15,717. Referee: Jarred Gillett. GLORY 3 (Andy Keogh 49m pen, 90+2m, James Dona- chie 74m og) bt ROAR 2 (Mensur Kurtishi 39m, Henrique stands 55m) at nib Stadium. Crowd: 8,789. Referee: Shaun Evans.

P W D L Pts Perth Glory 2 2 - - 6 Melbourne Victory 2 1 1 - 4 Sydney FC 2 1 1 - 4 Adelaide United 2 1 1 - 4 by side Wellington Phoenix 2 1 - 1 3 C. Coast Mariners 2 1 - 1 3 Melbourne City 2 0 2 - 2 Newcastle Jets 2 0 1 1 1 MARCO MONTEVERDE Liam Miller and including Brisbane Roar 2 0 - 2 0 Henrique in one of two WS Wanderers 2 0 - 2 0 BRISBANE Roar are facing changes he made to the team the dreaded prospect of open- that started in the previous ing their A-League title de- week’s 2-1 home loss to Adel- fence with a hat-trick of aide United. Chelsea’s defeats if they fail to fix the de- The other change was the fensive frailties that haunted inclusion of Steve Lustica for them yesterday in their 3-2 loss suspended Socceroo Matt margin to Perth Glory. McKay. While Lustica did not The unbeaten Sydney FC stand out, Henrique was Bris- visit Suncorp Stadium on Fri- bane’s best, scoring a second- remains day night and deserve favourit- half cracker and setting up ism on the basis of the opening Mensur Kurtishi for the Mace- HIGH-FLYING Southamp- two weeks of the season, as donian international’s first A- ton thrashed Sunderland 8-0 well as the Roar’s below-par League goal. in the yester- pre-season campaign. But despite those good signs day as unbeaten leaders Chel- The Roar led twice yester- in attack, the Roar at times sea remained five points clear day, but inspired by Irish strik- looked ordinary in defence. with a 2-1 win away at Crystal er Andy Keogh, the Glory Centre-back Palace. scored three goals in the sec- struggled after suffering from Sergio Aguero scored all ond half to maintain their 100 gastro during the week, while Manchester City’s goals in a per cent record. continues to 4-1 defeat of 10-man Totten- In contrast, the Roar have adapt to life as a right back. ham Hotspur as the champi- opened a season with success- North conceded the penalty ons remained second, while ive defeats for the first time in that gave the Glory their first Arsenal needed a stoppage the club’s history. goal after bringing down time goal to seal a 2-2 draw Despite the poor start, Bris- Keogh, who converted from with Hull City. bane coach was the spot to cancel out Kur- Everton climbed up the last night adamant his side tishi’s opener. table with a 3-0 win at home to would hit back hard. Keogh also played a part in Aston Villa and, at the bottom, “We want to win every the Glory’s second goal in the Newcastle United won for the game that we play in, but the 74th minute, turning North be- first time this season, beating bottom line is you can’t as has fore unleashing with a shot Leicester City 1-0, but strug- been proved in the past two that took a wicked deflection gling Burnley remained win- weeks,” he said. off Donachie before finding less after a 3-1 loss to visitors “I thought it was a top per- the net. West Ham United. formance (against Perth) ex- And just when it seemed the At St Mary’s, Southampton cept for the fact that we leaked points would be shared, Keogh were 3-0 up at half-time, the a few goals. We didn’t control rose high above Brisbane’s goal rush starting when Sun- the game in the second half as statue-like defence to head derland’s Santiago Vergini put well as we could.” home a stoppage-time corner the ball into his own net when Selection-wise Mulvey that Roar keeper STRETCHED: Jade North of the Roar challenges Andy Keogh of Perth Glory for the ball during their he volleyed an attempted made the right call in dropping perhaps could have come for. A-League match at nib Stadium yesterday. Picture: GETTY IMAGES clearance in the 12th minute. The goals kept coming in the second half as Southamp- ton recorded the biggest top- Mistakes to blame, not motivation Invading fans incur FFA investigation flight victory in their history. WESTERN Sydney coach Tony Popovic Saturday night and the week before FOOTBALL Federation will Dozens of people converged on the “I think it’s the most embar- has denied confidence is down at the suffering the biggest defeat in the club’s investigate a potentially dangerous Sydney players celebrating the goal and rassing time I’ve had on a foot- Wanderers on the verge of their biggest history at the hands of Melbourne incident in the Sydney A-League derby one fan even ran halfway down the field ball pitch,” said Sunderland ever test. Victory. where more than 100 fans invaded the to tap Wanderers skipper Nikolai Topor- manager Gus Poyet. On Saturday the Wanderers tackle Al- A derby loss was always going to be pitch with 10 minutes left in the match. Stanley on the rear end. At Selhurst Park, Oscar’s Hilal at in the first crushing, but of bigger concern for In extraordinary scenes at a sold-out FFA confirmed it would examine the brilliant 30m free-kick gave leg of their Asian Champions League Popovic is whether his side have lost Allianz Stadium on Saturday night, incident today once reports had come in Chelsea a sixth-minute lead, final, but will go into the historic match their mojo at the worst possible time. Sydney FC supporters sitting in the Sky from ground staff at Allianz Stadium and but five minutes before the on the back of consecutive slumping “It doesn’t jolt my confidence,” said Blue fan section, The Cove, jumped the the match officials in charge. Sydney FC break, Chelsea defender Cesar losses to open the A-League season. Popovic. fence en masse when captain Alex have dismissed the incident as minor, Azpilicueta was shown a red Popovic must find a way to rally his “It just shows that there are a few Brosque scored the go-ahead goal in the but Wanderers coach Tony Popovic said card for diving in two-footed troops after blowing a 2-0 lead to lose a things we have to work on and we’re 80th minute of their dramatic 3-2 the unauthorised access to the field on Socceroo skipper Mile Jedi- dramatic derby to Sydney FC on getting punished for our mistakes.” victory over Western Sydney. posed a serious safety risk for players. nak.

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