Wellington Phoenix come from behind to beat Perth Glory in A-League Women

At Mt Good Stadium, Auckland: Wellington Phoenix 2 (Hope Breslin 48’, Chloe Knott 61’) Perth Glory 1 (Millie Farrow 21’). HT: 0-1

The Wellington Phoenix ladies have come from behind to bounce again and head into the worldwide break on a profitable word.

Second-half targets from Hope Breslin and Chloe Knott gave the Phoenix a 2-1 win over Perth Glory at Mt Good Stadium in Auckland on Saturday night time.

The Phoenix’s fourth win of the season saved them third on the A-League Ladies desk, a degree off prime.

Melbourne Metropolis can lengthen their lead in first on Sunday once they play Sydney FC.

The Phoenix started the match the brighter of the 2 sides, with Manaia Elliott capturing simply over from the sting of the field and Mariana Speckmaier hitting the side-netting after driving into the Glory field from the left.

Perth opened the scoring within the twenty second minute, after a sloppy cross-field go by Michaela Foster in her personal half was intercepted by Sofia Sakalis.

After bringing the ball beneath management, Sakalis performed in English ahead Millie Farrow, who obtained her shot off whereas falling to the bottom between Phoenix defenders Hailey Davidson and Marisa van der Meer.

Making her first begin of the season, Phoenix captain Annalie Longo went shut in direction of the tip of the primary half, however on the break it was the guests who had their noses in entrance.

It didn’t take lengthy after halftime for that to vary, because the Phoenix strung collectively a pleasant passing transfer that resulted in Longo discovering Breslin vast open in the course of the field.

The American ahead has had a combined begin to life in Wellington, however she made no mistake together with her shot previous Glory goalkeeper Morgan Aquino to attract her facet stage.

Elliott went shut for the second time on the night time when she let rip from 30m out and compelled Aquino to assist the ball over her crossbar and out for a nook.

The Phoenix saved urgent and took the lead quickly after, when Knott was on the spot to observe up together with her head after Speckmaier’s preliminary header hit the crossbar.

Centre again Mackenzie Barry despatched the ball in initially and it fell to Speckmaier after looping up off the top of a Glory defender.

Isobel Dalton known as Phoenix goalkeeper Rylee Foster into motion with a robust pushed shot from method out that had the stopper leaping to push it out for a nook.

Up subsequent

A weekend off for the Phoenix ladies, as the ultimate ladies’s worldwide window of the yr unfolds, with the Soccer Ferns enjoying Colombia in Bogotá subsequent Saturday and the next Wednesday (NZ time).

The Phoenix will return to motion at Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua on Sunday, December 10, towards Melbourne Victory, who first host the Central Coast Mariners this Sunday of their ultimate match earlier than the worldwide break.