Postecoglou highlighted the players’ halftime turnaround in attitude after an uncharacteristically slow start to the game as key to securing the three points in the end.

“It was exciting, it was a funny old game in terms of the score line,” he said. “I thought we played fantastically well in the second half and we conceded two goals.

“To their credit they fought it out but we certainly felt that, in the second half especially, we should’ve had a couple more at least.

“Having said that, the first half was very disappointing, I wasn’t very happy with the way we played but I had to have a good chat to the boys and make sure they were focused.

“In the second half, I thought we really moved the ball well and made it really difficult for the opposition.”

Postecoglou also praised the individual effort of Costa Rican striker Jean Carlos Solorzano, whose fourth and fifth goals in the campaign sealed the win for Brisbane.

“He was good, we used him a little bit better in the second half,” he said.

“As a striker, you love scoring goals and we always knew he’d be a threat to the oppositions once we got on the pitch.

“We’ve obviously taken it easy with him, especially through this heavy period, to make sure physically he could cope, but I thought he was a threat today to the opposition and he’s a very good finisher.”