Socceroos star Mathew Leckie has produced a mesmerising bicycle kick goal to lead Melbourne City to a drama-filled 4-2 victory over 10-man Perth Glory at Macedonia Park.
With scores locked at 1-1 in Saturday night's clash A-League men clash, Glory defender Darryl Lachman was red carded in the 60th minute for bundling Leckie over in the box.
Valon Berisha converted the penalty to make it 2-1, but Glory refused to give up and found the equaliser in the 71st minute when David Williams headed home an inch-perfect cross from Keegan Jelacic.
The drama wasn't finished there, with a poor clearing punch from Glory goalkeeper Cameron Cook giving Leckie the chance to produce his dazzling bicycle kick in the 76th minute.
The goal silenced the sellout 3991 crowd, and City sealed the win in stoppage time with a fourth from Florin Berenguer.
The result ended Glory's seven-match unbeaten record at Macedonia Park.
City's eight-game unbeaten streak has lifted them eight points clear on top of the ladder, while Glory remain two points adrift of the top six.
The first half was an entertaining affair featuring two goals and a disallowed penalty.
Jordan Bos opened the scoring in the 16th minute when he squeezed between two Glory defenders and unleashed a beautiful curling strike into the top right hand corner of the net.
Perth's reply in the 25th minute was just as impressive, with Jack Clisby's curling free kick from a tight angle evading everyone in the box and sneaking in.
Glory were awarded a penalty a minute later when Jordan Elsey was brought down in the box by City goalkeeper Thomas Glover.
Perth captain Mustafa Amini stepped up to the spot, but before he could take the penalty, it was overturned by VAR due to a marginal offside in the lead-up to the incident.
There was more drama on the stroke of halftime when Glory goalkeeper Cook turned the ball over with a horror pass.
City midfielder Richard van der Venne pounced and unleashed a 25-metre strike with his first touch, but the ball cannoned into the crossbar and safely away, much to the relief of Cook.
Glory's victory hopes were dealt a severe blow in the 60th minute when Lachman was given his marching orders for shoving over Leckie with his arm as the pair raced towards a loose bouncing ball in the box.
