Melbourne Victory

Lawrence Thomas - 6

He was guilty of not being quick enough across the ground to stop Hoole’s freekick. However, he followed this up with a good save on a Pain effort.

He also stopped Melling from scoring one of the goals of the season. He couldn’t do much about the second Hoole goal, but he kept his cool during the Mariners' dominance.  

Corey Brown - 5.5

Couldn’t handle Millar down his wing in the first half. He rarely got forward all game and he seemed constantly under pressure. Did well to stop a few crosses with sliding tackles.

Leigh Broxham - 7

How does little Leigh Broxham beat Matt Simon in a heading duel? Because it happened. Twice.

However, it was on the ground that Simon got the better of Broxham. The big striker pulled off an excellent turn to which Leigh’s only answer was a foul outside the box. Hoole scored the free kick. Otherwise the little man was immense.

Thomas Deng - 7

He took charge of Simon in the second half and this was less of a size mismatch.

Terry Antonis - 5.5

It was very surprising to see one of the A League’s best performing Australian midfielders, lining up at right back. He didn’t look comfortable there.

On a few occasions he struggled with the pace of Pain and later Oar. An odd choice for the position and Victory really missed him in the midfield.

Carl Valeri - 4

Went off injured in the first half but during the time he was on the park the Mariners were all over the Victory midfield.

Josh Hope - 5

Needed to put in a good showing tonight but he was not effective. He needed to do more in defence to help Corey Brown. A few good flashes aren’t enough. Came off at halftime.