Table topping Melbourne Victory secured an impressive seventh win in a row in the A-League after defeating the last placed Newcastle Jets, Danny Allsop scored twice in the second half.
The Newcastle Jets must be wondering what they must do to win a game, they are still yet to register a win in 13 games since the arrival of coach Nick Theodorakopoulos before the A-League Pre-season Cup.
They dominated possession for long periods of the game and went close to scoring on many occasions during the game only to concede goals from sucker punches from the galloping Danny Allsopp, the match was played in front of the lowest A-League crowd to ever attend in Newcastle..
The Jets saw the return of Paul Okon and Stuart Musialik and the debut of New Zealand international midfielder Tim Brown.
Melbourne Victory commenced with Claudinho and had James Robinson come on off the bench - he had been a big success in the VPL scoring 13 goals in 19 games for Richmond.
The Jets had a strong wind behind their backs in the first half and Nick Carle commenced procedings by twisting away from two defenders at the edge of the penalty area to find Mark Bridge but his cross was blocked.
The 5th minute saw Danny Allsopp dribble past two defenders and find himself with only the Goalkeeper to beat but from a narrow angle his fierce shot was saved by Ben Kennedy.
The Jets responded with a beautiful move, a Nick Carle pass went to Milton Rodriguez who cleverly dummied, the ball went to Steve Eagleton who was unmarked at the edge of the penalty area, he had time to look up and aim for the far post but his low shot went straight at Michael Theoklitos.
The game went from end to end with the Jets slightly ahead with ball possession.
In the 14th minute a Paul Okon throw has Bridge in the clear but his shot ends up in the hands of Michael Theoklitos.
Nick Carle is behind every Jets move and he set up Matt Thompson who races to the edge of the penalty area but his shot runs along the ground wide of the far upright, moments later a high ball is headed on by Milton Rodriguez into the path of Nick Carle who unleashes a wonderful strike from 30 meters but the ball flashes just past the upright.
On the half hour Fred is becoming more involved, first his pass finds Adrian Caceres his deflected cross goes over the cross bar.
Then Fred cuts into the penalty area taps the ball over Andrew Durrante's head regathers in the penalty area but his shot is just wide of the upright.
The first half proceeding end with the Newcastle Jets valiantly trying to get through the solid Melbourne Victory defence, Bridge is through on goal
but Adrian Leijer bring him down and earns a yellow card. From the resultant free kick the wall does its job in holding out a Milton Rodriguez blast.
The second half sees the Jets string the passes together, Paul Okon finds Milton Rodriguez to Mark Bridge to Nick Carle his twist on the edge of the penalty area gets a free kick, which Matt Thompson blasts into the wall.
From the 53rd minute the Melbourne Victory commence to dominate, they press the Newcastle Jets everytime they have possesssion, often forcing them backwards, an Adrian Caceres free kick finds Adrian Leijer unmarked at the far post his header is just centimetres wide of the upright.
The 60th minute sees Fred dazzle past two defenders, his through ball for Danny Allsop is cut out by Ben Kennedy. Two minutes later a Kristan Sarkies pass finds Grant Brebner he is in front of goal but blasts his shot wide with only the goal keeper to beat.
The 68th minute saw the Adrian Caceres soon orchestrate the opening goal by winning the ball just inside the Jets' half taking the ball from Tim Brown then laying on a perfect ball to send Danny Allsopp clear, and the striker made no mistake to fire past Kennedy, 1-0 Melbourne Victory.
The Jets had opportunites to level, in the 75th minute a interchange of passes saw a Nick Carle pass to Matt Thompson to Milton Rodriguez ending in his shot cleared of the line, 3 minutes later a Mark Bridge 30 metre effort dips over the cross bar and finally the turning point of the game came in the 87th minute Tarek Elrich could have put the hosts level with his first touch after getting to a square ball inside the area from Mark Bridge but he sprayed a shot over the cross bar.
The final minute of the game saw a Rodrigo Vargas pass for Danny Allsop to run on to, showing great pace he races through to blast past Ben Kennedy 2-0 Melbourne Victory.