The Newcastle Jets were dealt another dagger blow as they lost their third match in a row going down 2-0 to Perth Glory at McDonald Jones Stadium. Perth now overtake the Western Sydney Wanderers in seventh place heading into the final round of A-League football.
Neil Kilkenny - 7
Many positives from the tiger in the midfield as he held onto Dimi Petratos alongside Xavi Torres. One of his best performances for 90 minutes for Perth which was very similar to their second half against Sydney FC.
Xavi Torres - 6.5
A great performance from the Spaniard, linking up well with Kilkenny in midfield. His movement continued to create space for Perth as they held onto their lead in the second half.
Joel Chianese - 7.5
In the battles early creating multiple chances on his right side. Showed great determination getting to the byline and cut back for Castro to hit the crossbar before splitting the Newcastle lines to set up Adam Taggart for the second.
Diego Castro - 7.5
A brilliant first half which included opening the scoring with a peach of a penalty hitting the side netting.
They don't come much easier than this for strikers like Adam Taggart.
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Adam Taggart - 7
His third goal in two games as he builds up momentum into the final do or die round for the finals for Perth. Plenty of opportunities to strengthen their lead but he’d be happy on the scoresheet again.
Andy Keogh - 6.5
Despite the positive performance from Perth as a whole, the skipper still couldn’t stamp his authority on the result.
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Dino Djulbic - 6
Replaced the injured Shane Lowry at the beginning of the second half and maintained Perth’s clean sheet.
Chris Harold - N/A
Jake Brimmer - N/A
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