Wanderers too good for sorry Glory

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THE Wanderers cavalcade is speeding up just at the right time. A comfortable 3-0 defeat of Perth on Sunday took Western Sydney back into second spot on the A-League ladder, two points clear of Melbourne Victory and the Mariners.

Coming on the back of two consecutive Asian Champions League victories, Tony Popovic's sdie gave the lie to the idea that fatigue would dim their ambitions of glory.

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Goals from Jerome Polenz, Mark Bridge and Tomi Juric brushed aside a dismal Perth with clinical efficiency. The only puzzlement was how they failed to score more, so great was their domination.

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"It was a good day and a good couple of weeks," said Popovic. "It's been a tough period with five games in 15 days, especially as the first of those was a defeat in the derby.

"The way the players have responded makes us proud, they have been very focused. Everyone has played their part."

Wanderers fans cheer during the round 24 A-League match against Perth Glory. Source: Getty Images

If only Perth's players could say the same, dissected at will from the start. Youssouf Hersi had enough chances to fill an album, but found Jack Duncan in defiant form. The Perth keeper tipped over a header from the winger, gathered his paowerful shot from the subsequent corner, then rebuffed Hersi's shot when the winger was put clear on goal.

Jerome Polenz of the Wanderers celebrates his goal with teammates. Source: Getty Images

Even then the rebound fell to Hersi, but his first touch just deflected the ball back to Duncan - when Hersi then chased up Nikolai Topor-Stanley's long punt but screwed his shot wide, Duncan must have felt impregnable.

Bridge added to that, sprinting onto Brendan Santalab's assured through ball but shooting wide - but finally the home side found a way through. Polenz was the architect and finisher, cutting in from the right and stumbling through two challenges into the box, before striking a shot beyond Duncan and in off the far post.

From Perth there was almost nothing - no coherence, no gameplan, no direction. Apart from an early freekick from Nebojsa Marinkovic that was a fraction wide of Ante Covic's goal ,the Wanderers keepercould have safely invested hs clean-sheet bonus by halftime.

Tony Popovic, coach of the Wanderers, yells instructions to his players. Source: Getty Images

Glory's house of cards needed one final blow to collapse completely, and after the Wanderers had toyed further with their visitors, Bridge decided to establish some clarity.

Taking the ball on the left, Bridge cut inside Matthew Davies before dispatching a curling shot with real style into the far corner.

It was a fine goal, and possibly with extra resonance given the likelihood that final positioning in the league will come down to goal difference.

Mateo Poljak of the Wanderers beats a tackle from Ryan Edwards of Perth Glory. Source: Getty Images

With that in mind the home side went in seatch of more - a delightful reverse pass from Polenz put Hersi into the box for a shot that Duncan palmed away.

But moments later Hersi was free again, and this time he squared the ball to the substitute Juric - the striker took a moment to compose himself before driving the ball unerringly into the top corner.

With minutes to go Hersi was set free once more only for Duncan to deflect his stabbed shot wide. But by then for Perth the only target was limiting the damage.

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