Matthew Spiranovic 8

Made several crucial tackles for his team and his deep midfield role lets him win a lot of headers in front of the Sydney strikers.

Neil Kilkenny 7.5

How Meblourne City let this sumptuous number six go is anyone’s guess. He often seems to be playing in his own time zone. Nearly all of Perth’s best attacks involved their classy number eighty eight.

Juande 7

Provided a few excellent balls for his forwards but those penetrating balls dried up as the game continued.

Joel Chianese 6.5

He wasn’t as prominent as Ikonimidis in the first half but his young team mate was having a cracker. Glory’s left side was a bit stronger than their right so Chianese didn’t see as much of the ball as he might have liked but he was tidy when he did get it.

Diego Castro 7             

The veteran maestro had a lot of the ball in the first half but most of it was deep in the midfield. Everyone in the stadium was expecting magic every time he got on the ball but he just couldn’t dig deep enough to pull the rabbit out tonight. His best chances came with his head.

Christopher Ikonomidis 8

Nearly scored the game’s first goal with a well time jump to meet a Davidson cross. He was a menace down Sydney’s right-hand side in the first half. He’s been one of the best players in the league all season and he was one of the best players on the pitch tonight. However, his best chance was the early header and a lot of his good dribbles came to nothing.

Subs

Andy Keogh 7

It was a surprise not to see him start.

Scott Neville 7

He had one chance to become the hero but his left footed effort flew high and wide. 

Jake Brimmer 7

His dead balls provided a real threat but his late arrival to the game meant he only got to deliver a few of them.