Carl Valeri — 6

Had the tough task of contending with the elusive and unpredictable Singh, but when handed the opportunity to do what he does best, he took it and ran with it.

Terry Antonis — 8

Lofted some beautiful passes to his teammates to create some of Victory’s better moments. Seemed to relish playing more centrally in a playmaker role.

James Troisi — 7

The creative fulcrum of the Victory was quality until an Alex Rufer challenge left him with a niggling issue. Had Kurto nearly baffled with a swerving effort, whilst his crossing was spot on all night.

Kosta Barbarouses — 8

Emblematic of a an ‘energiser bunny’, full of speed and was consistently reliable when played through by his teammates. Had many chances to bury the ball in the back of the net but was culpable of dawdling on the ball at times, to his own dismay.

Ola Toivonen — 8

The effect of Keisuke Honda can not be understated, but a proportion of said praise belongs to the hulking Swedish striker with exquisite technical ability.

His ability to set up his teammates with some well worked headers and deft touches is undeniably massive in contributing to Victory having a dominating presence in attack. Was finally found by one of his teammates as he finished off Antonis’ shot.

Substitutes

Josh Hope — 7

Ten minutes in, the young starlet was sent on following Ansell’s departure in a mobile central midfield role. Anticipated well and gave the Victory better fluidity in midfield. Tired as the game went on and was replaced by the more attacking Rahmat Akbari late on.

Kenny Athiu — 6

Involved from the offset, but despite some nice passes through Wellington's defence had some awful first touches.

Rahmat Akbari — 6

Substituted on to provide an attacking spark.