City now take maximum points two weeks into the A-League season after their initial win over Wellington Phoenix last week, however the Dutchman was still looking for improvement.

“It’s two games in we’ve done well in Wellington and this evening, it doesn’t saying anything for me but not enough, we have to get better, improve and championships are not won in first two games,” Van’t Schip said.

“As a coach you’re always looking where to keep the control, to stay concentrated you also see that while they’re doing that, they’re also enjoying the game they’re playing and that’s clearly important.

“So from the side you can’t do that much so you try to enjoy as much as possible and to look at the football they’re playing. In the meantime again you’re looking also to see where you can keep them on the front foot and make sure they do the things we’re asking.

“What everybody is saying and everybody is writing, we can’t control that, the only thing we control is to work hard, enjoy the football we want to play and improve.

“We’re not walking away from trying to win something. It’s clear we have a goal, but again it’s about the journey, improving, getting better and working on the things we’re doing and in the end it has to result in a prize.”

The Dutchman highlighted the scarcity of injury concerns he had to continue their aim comparatively to last season’s headaches.

City looked sharp against Victory and second-choice goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis had little work to do apart from picking Marco Rojas’ wonder consolation goal from the back of the net.

Tim Cahill’s first A-League match was greeted with an exceptional 40 metre screamer which caught Victory goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas off his line.

While van’t Schip did not comment whether it was discussed about Thomas’ sweeper role but praised Cahill’s goal.

“The big players in the moment you talked about yesterday, the pressure is there, talking about Tim coming back, he showed he’s a good player, a great player and he’s mentally very strong,” he said.

“He’s giving the players in and around the club so much more good feeling and vibe and it helps and his own performance I think was good. He did what we all expect, work hard for the team, being smart and top of that he made a great goal. He couldn’t wish for a better start.”

City now return to AAMI Park for their first home game of the season against Perth Glory next Friday night and also play Victory again in nine days for the FFA Cup semi-final at the same venue.