A-League: Melbourne City thump Brisbane Roar

Dom Farrell

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Melbourne City captain Ritchie de Laet and youngster Riley McGree scored wonderful goals in a resounding 4-1 win over Brisbane Roar.

Warren Joyce's men dominated much of the contest at AAMI Park and, after Florin Berenguer woefully sliced a presentable opening, the French midfielder crossed for Rostyn Griffiths to head the opener.

City are now a point and a place shy of fourth-placed Wellington Phoenix but they were pegged back in comical circumstances in the 54th minute when Harrison Delbridge headed Eric Bautheac's hopeful long ball into his own net.

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Tottenham loanee Shayon Harrison restored the hosts' advantage five minutes later and right-back De Laet brought the house down by roving into midfield to smash into the top corner from long range.

Substitute McGree arguably bettered his skipper's strike in stoppage time, twisting into space before launching a delicate chip over goalkeeper Jamie Young from a tight angle – compounding a miserable outing for second-bottom Brisbane.

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Dom is the senior content producer for Sporting News UK. He previously worked as fan brands editor for Manchester City at Reach Plc. Prior to that, he built more than a decade of experience in the sports journalism industry, primarily for the Stats Perform and Press Association news agencies. Dom has covered major football events on location, including the entirety of Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup in Paris and St Petersburg respectively, along with numerous high-profile Premier League, Champions League and England international matches. Cricket and boxing are his other major sporting passions and he has covered the likes of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennadiy Golovkin and Vasyl Lomachenko live from ringside.