Veteran Jamie Maclaren added two more goals to his season tally in Melbourne City’s 4-0 dismantling of Perth Glory.
The win sees City remain the only undefeated side and moves it three points clear of Western Sydney atop the table.
City was on top from start to finish, but it wasn’t until the 49th minute that Maclaren got the first on the board, when he found space in the penalty box between four Glory defenders.
He followed that up with a penalty in the 75th minute before Marco Tilio provided the highlight seven minutes later.
He converted from outside the box, bamboozling the Glory defence and goalkeeper to find the bottom corner.
Matthew Leckie rubbed salt into the wound deep in stoppage time, capitalising on a rebound off the post to find the back of the net.
The only sour point of the win was a concussion concern to defender Nuno Reis who was stretchered from the field.
Having 19 shots to Perth’s one, to go with 63 per cent of possession, underscored the dominance of the win for the table-topping City which next up faces ninth-placed Newcastle away on Saturday evening.
