Luongo impressed coach Ange Postecogou after his dominating performance in Australia’s 2-0 win over Iraq at nib Stadium on Thursday night.

Fans had to wait an hour for the first goal courtesy of Luongo.

The QPR playmaker said in spite of his good showing, he was wary of the stiff competition in the team.

“I’m never comfortable, I never know I’m coming into this camp thinking I’m going to start, I never think that,” Luongo said.

“You have Jackson (Irvine), Millsy (Mark Milligan) and even Burnsy (Nathan Burns) who can play in there.

“There’s loads of depth and they can all offer something different. They can all do a job, the one who the boss picks on the day, he’s confident we can get the job done.”

Luongo said the message at half-time was to keep pushing to break down the Iraqi defence by making them run.  

And despite the breaks the opposition had early in the game, the playing group regained their composure in the second stanza.

“If anything the message at half-time was don’t be impatient because we kept probing and to be fair in the first half they defended well, they had a game plan they stuck to,” he said.

“To do that for 90 minutes is difficult, the message is to keep going and eventually we’ll find gaps and we’ll find holes we can exploit and we did.

“Even in the first half we did get our chances and it could’ve been one or two in the first half and it’s very difficult for them to continue what they’re doing.”

The Socceroos now fly to Abu Dhabi to take on UAE on Wednesday morning (1.30am AEST).

Australia lead the World Cup qualification table on goal difference and sit just ahead of UAE.

Temperatures are set to soar past 40 degrees against UAE with Luongo adamant his side were desperate for a win.

 “I don’t think anyone thinks like that (going for a draw), it’ll be tough with the conditions, they’re used to it,” he said.

“Away games are so difficult in this stage, whether we approach it differently, I doubt it. The boss will brief us, we’ll analyse it and see how we approach it, every game are there for the win.

“Iraq on a different day would’ve had a few counter attacks, they get 1-0 up and what do they do? They bank up and try to keep that lead, you don’t expect that, so we go there to get three points and to play well.”