What got us talking?

THEY SAID IT - "He's got a likeability factor as far as I'm concerned because he's everyone's arch-enemy - and I love that." - Western United coach Mark Rudan on Besart Berisha after the striker scored twice against Melbourne Victory

MAN OF THE ROUND - Adam Le Fondre has been superb since joining Sydney FC and his performance against Brisbane underlined his quality. The Englishman scored his first hat-trick in sky blue colours in a 5-1 rout and had two other goals disallowed

BEAT THAT - In his stint at Newcastle, Andrew Nabbout made a name for himself for sensational goals. His finish against Western United was delightful - with the Victory winger latching onto a clever Jakob Poulsen ball, taking on Ersan Gulum and powering a shot across his body into the opposite corner

STAT ATTACK - Trent Buhagiar entered Sydney FC's win over the Roar in the 85th minute. He scored in the 86th minute before assisting Le Fondre's third goal in the 89th. Now that's efficiency

TALKING POINT - Besart Berisha has had a couple of tough weeks at Western United - getting taken off against Central Coast and benched against Sydney FC. He responded with aplomb against Melbourne Victory with two headers - celebrating the second goal in style with manager Mark Rudan

UNDER PRESSURE - If the pressure on Marco Kurz was relieved with a win against Perth, Victory's 3-1 loss to Western United cranked it back up again, while Wanderers boss Markus Babbel will be feeling the heat after defeat against Wellington

WHAT'S NEXT? - Western United will have a short turnaround when they head to Brisbane to take on Roar on Friday night. On Saturday, Melbourne Victory host resurgent Wellington, Sydney FC are home to the Mariners and Glory await the Wanderers. Rounding out the action on Sunday, Melbourne City travel to Newcastle to face the Jets.

Most Tweeted moments

1. VAR grants Wellington a penalty against the Wanderers after a contentious handball and Ulises Dávila converts minutes later to give Wellington the lead #WELvWSW

Teams should start walking off the field after rubbish var decisions #WELvWSW

— Steve Bek (@stevebek77) December 7, 2019

Three weeks in a row WSW have been on the opposite end of a VAR decision now, you have to feel for Babbel #WELvWSW

— Geoff Koop (@GKoop93) December 7, 2019

Terrible, terrible call from the VAR. Defender's hand was already in motion and there was no way he could have got his hand out of the way #WELvWSW

— Robert Cox (@Chosen_Chaos) December 7, 2019

Where was his hand supposed to be in that situation? In normal times that would've been waved away. #VAR #WELvWSW #ALeague

— Chris Jack (@chrisjackis) December 7, 2019

2. Adam Le Fondre scores his third goal of the night #SYDvBRI

My first born is being named Le Fondre. Easy peasy. What a man 😍@SydneyFC @A1F1E9 #SYDvBRI

— Luis ⚽️🇵�� (@luis__antoniooo) December 7, 2019

GOAL! Le Fondre grabs his hat-trick with a header at the back post! Sydney have absolutely torn the Brisbane defence to shreds tonight #SYDvBRI

— The Football Sack (@TheFootballSack) December 7, 2019

.@BJTMarts FT | 5 star performance and 5 points clear at the top!

A hat-trick to @A1F1E9 and goals to Ninko & @TrentBuhagiar12 sealing the win 👍#SydneyIsSkyBlue #WeAreChampions #SYDvBRI pic.twitter.com/2pqrMF89C2

— Sydney FC (@SydneyFC) December 7, 2019

And that’s 5 and an @A1F1E9 hat trick. Ooooohhhhhh yeahhhhhh babbbbbbyyyyyy. (And Tegue almost got a header) 😀👏🏼👍🏼 #SYDvBRI

— SydneyFC Fan (@COMEONSYDNEY) December 7, 2019

3. Andrew Nabbout opens the scoring in Geelong #WUNvMVC

GOAL! Nabbout puts the visitors ahead with a thumping finish into the bottom corner! 0-1.#WUNvMVC

— The Football Sack (@TheFootballSack) December 8, 2019

Nabbout is on 🔥🔥 #WUNvMVC

— Janelle Hayhurst (@JanelleHayhurst) December 8, 2019

That is just vintage Nabbout - Kruse brings the trickery, Nabbout brings the raw strength and power. Cracking goal! #WUNvMVC #mvfc

— Peter (@nutwals) December 8, 2019

⚽️ GOAL, @wufcofficial 0-1 @gomvfc (14 mins)

NABBOUT!!! He picks the ball up on the halfway line, driving forward to unleash a belter from the edge of the box for his 2️⃣nd of the season#WUNvMVC #ALeague pic.twitter.com/ZskxcxBvFc

— Hyundai A-League (@ALeague) December 8, 2019

4. James Troisi scores his first goal for Adelaide United to give them the lead with less than 10 minutes remaining #ADLvNEW

TROISI SCORES! The star is having a golden summer as he passes Jackson with ease and slides it past Glenn Moss for the go-ahead goal 2-1 #ADLvNEW

— The Football Sack (@TheFootballSack) December 8, 2019

.@NewcastleJetsFC will be kicking themselves after that Troisi goal. They haven’t converted a lot of great attacks and then they switch off like that. #ADLvNEW #ALeague

— Paul Marcuccitti (@P_M_73) December 8, 2019

83' | GOAL!!!! @JamesTroisi scores his first goal for #AUFC after chasing down the throw-in before dribbling forward and sliding his composed finish beyond Moss. 2-1. #ADLvNEW pic.twitter.com/Jc9tGbD9pa

— Adelaide United (@AdelaideUnited) December 8, 2019

⚽️ GOAL, @AdelaideUnited 2-1 @NewcastleJetsFC (83 mins)@JamesTroisi beats two defenders and slides it under the keeper to give the locals a late lead😲#ADLvNEW #ALeague pic.twitter.com/XvOoJpN8hv

— Hyundai A-League (@ALeague) December 8, 2019

5. Fornaroli scores the first goal for the match and against his old club #MCYvPER

Fornaroli’s body control, being able to get himself between defenders and the ball and hold his ground, has always been a huge strength. But he just bullied three bigger defenders to that dropping ball lmao what a weird goal #MCYVPER

— Evan Morgan Grahame (@Evan_M_G) December 6, 2019

Just had to be, Bruno Fornaroli #MCYvPER

— Josh Gersbach (@JoshGersbach) December 6, 2019

Fornaroli’s goal & celebration at AAMI Park this evening perfectly summed up the quality of player he is, the quality of person he is, & the disappointment in seeing him sit on the sidelines last season. ⭐️ #MCYvPER

— Sam Reynolds (@samreynolds_) December 6, 2019

It had to happen.. Bruno Fornaroli returns to haunt old club Melbourne City, scoring all-important opener as @PerthGloryFC cruise to 3-0 win. Fornaroli has great affection for City, got tremendous ovation as he left the field and hugging ex-teammates/coaches afterwards #MCYvPER

— Robert Smith (@OnyaDon) December 6, 2019