The Socceroo converted an 81st minute penalty, thundering the ball in off the woodwork after he had been brought down by goalkeeper Ben Kennedy.

In an almost carbon copy performance of last week's loss to Sydney, Newcastle dominated possession and territory but were unable to take advantage of some golden goalscoring opportunities in each half and were eventually brought undone when Kennedy pulled down Sterjovski in the penalty area.

It was the third consecutive loss for Newcastle, while it was Perth's fourth win from its last six matches, the three points propelling Glory into equal top spot with the rest of the round to play.

Despite the match being played before a disappointing crowd of 4,738 the home side started brightly.

Midfielder Jin-Hyung Song should have scored in the 8th minute of the match after Kaz Patafta threaded his way down the right wing before sliding a pass into the area for Song, who fired his shot into the arms of Glory goalkeeper Tando Velaphi.

Patafta spurned a golden opportunity a few moments later after he battled his way through three players inside the area only to slice his shot wide of the target from 12 yards out.

After absorbing the early pressure, Perth eventually worked their way into the game with Mile Sterjovski and Branko Jelic pressing forward and forcing a number of corners. But the Newcastle defence held firm and the home side finished the half in the ascendancy.

Newcastle striker Labinot Haliti, who had been causing the Perth defence some headaches with his pace, fired in a low left-footed shot that bounced off the left post before Song headed over the bar from close range to leave the score 0-0 at the break.

The Jets continued where they left off and did nearly all of the pressing while Perth were content to attack on the counter during the second period.

Newcastle skipper Matt Thompson fired wide from the edge of the area before Song again missed a good chance when put into space by Fabio Vignaroli. Nikolai Topor-Stanley also headed wide from a couple of set pieces.

Glory grabbed the winner, though, against the run of play in the 81st minute when Victor Skiora slid through a good ball for Sterjovski, who sprinted into the penalty area before being brought down by  Kennedy, who was late getting off his line.

Referee Matthew Breeze pointed to the spot and Sterjovski stepped up to drill the ball off the underside of the crossbar to give Perth the lead.

The home side threw everyone into attack in the remaining minutes but were unable to pull out an equaliser as Perth held on to collect a hard-fought away win and continue their charge up the Hyundai A-League table.