It was a tough and physical first half, with both sides trying to find an opening until the end of the 45 minutes, when Perth Glory opened their account. Chris Ikonomidis' 6- yards-out side footer put the ball into the back of the net.

All changed in the second half, City looked out of ideas, not creating too many clear chances. The sending off didn’t help Warren Joyce when Curtis Good was shown second yellow card. 

Glory raised their game and started to boss the match. Tony Popovic's side looked comfortable and eased to a one nil win at NIB Stadium to move back to the top of the A-League ladder.

PERTH GLORY

Liam Reddy – 7

Early on quiet but punched the ball back into the 6-yard box, got away with one. Quiet in the second half but a good double fist punch away late on.

Matthew Spiranovic – 7

Coming back from a hip injury and hasn’t played for over a year. Spiranovic only lasted 30 minutes before being subbed.

Shane Lowry – 7

Defending well tracking the forwards. Solid and comfortable on the ball moving out of defence. Always getting amongst it, hard tackling.

Tomislav Mrcela – 7

Solid early challenges and did his job well throughout the match

Jason Davidson – 7

Good movement on the left-hand side, always the work horse for Glory.

Neil Kilkenny – 7

Tough tackling in the first half, going about his business. Few sweeping passes in the second half

Brandon Wilson – 7

Good crunching tackle in midfield. Ambitious shot from 20 yards out, flying way over the cross bar. Sub 62 min.

Ivan Franjic – 7

Decent shot on goal but didn’t trouble the keeper

Diego Castro – 7

Good touches early on, reading the play well, great pace, superb ball control. Couple of reckless tackles, appeared to get tired towards the end of the game. Sub 80 minute.

Andy Keogh – 7

Dropping back to get into the game, making some decent runs.

Chris Ikonomidis – 7

Relatively quiet, the City defence putting in some heavy challenges. Pops up and scores Perth's opening and the only goal from close range. Rolled the defender with ease to have a soft shot on goal in the second half.  Some good runs in the final third.

SUBS 

Dino Djulbic – 6

Slotting into the defence role with ease. Strong defending.

Jake Brimmer – 6

On for Wilson but no real presence.

Joel Chianese – N/A

Not on long enough to rate.

MELBOURNE CITY

Eugene Galekovic – 7

Straight-forward keeping from Franjic's shot. Couldn’t stop Perth’s opening goal. Couple of sloppy clearances. Good one handed save from Castro's shot, early on in the second half.

Harrison Delbridge – 7.5

Solid defending early on, good tracking, putting in some crunching tackles. Continued his good work in defence

Curtis Good – 6

First start in so many years, rusty, no real impact. Two yellow cards and he was sent off

Bart Schenkeveld – 6

Going about his job with another decent effort

Scott Jamieson – 7

Giving good width down the left-hand side. Very lively, working hard all game

Nathaniel Atkinson – 6

Looked frustrated, giving the ball away more than once

Kearyn Baccus – 6

Decent start but no real impact. Some driving runs but nothing of note. Had a long range shot but always going over late on the match.

Luke Brattan – 6

Poor control early on. Shot from long range but went wide. Decent crosses. Sub on 70 min

Dario Vidosic – 6

Took a shoulder hit by Lowry in the face. Nothing of note. Sub 70 min

Lachlan Wales – 7

Trying to create space on the left hand side, looked very lively in the first half. Kept quiet in the second half.

Riley McGree – 6

Couple of penetrating runs but quiet in the first and second halves.

SUBS 

Anthony Caceres – 6

Tried to do his job but made no real impact coming on.

Rostyn Griffiths-6

Thumping tackle, getting involved in the midfield, trying to make a presence.

Ramy Najjarine – N/A

Not on long enough to rate.