Gold Coast back on top
Gold Coast United has survived a gallant Perth Glory challenge to reclaim top-spot on the Hyundai A-League ladder with a 2-1 victory at Skilled Park on Sunday evening.
Trailing by an own goal after the first half the Glory had the better of play through the second, but rued a raft of near misses and lost opportunities.
Todd Howarth equalised for the visitors soon after the break but a lack of communication allowed United to strike back with the defining goal seconds later.
With only two Perth defenders back, Brazilian Anderson went long from the restart.
Glory men Jamie Coyne and Scott Neville collided heavily on the way to the ball and Joel Porter was left an easy job of finding the unmarked Shane Smeltz for his 10th goal of the season.
Some Carlos Hernandez magic has helped Melbourne come from behind to register a 3-1 win over the Newcastle Jets in their Round 11 Hyundai A-League fixture at EnergyAustralia Stadium on Sunday.
The Costa Rican international showed his class to lead a Victory revival after Labinot Haliti had deservedly put the Jets ahead in the 22nd minute.
Hernandez displayed great vision to put Archie Thompson clear for the equaliser just after the hour mark before unleashing a vicious 35-yard strike that cannoned off the crossbar for Tom Pondlejak to pounce on and poke home Melbourne's second goal in the 79th minute.
Hernandez completed a great match when he grabbed a goal of his own six minutes from full time to seal the victory.
Meanwhile, in the National Youth League, Melbourne defeated Newcastle 2-1 and Brisbane accounted for Central Coast 2-1 as well.
In the Westfield W-League, Brisbane registered a 1-0 win against Central Coast.