The difference ... Thompson's pressure forced the own goal from Jamieson. Source: AAP
Melbourne Victory have held on for a scratchy 1-0 victory over a 10-man Perth Glory at nib Stadium.
It was far from the ideal performance from Ange Postecoglou's side, but an own goal in the 25th minute turned out to be enough as they picked up their third win in five games.
Both teams looked to move the ball in the opening stages and it would be the Victory to have the first real chance of the night through Archie Thompson.
The Socceroos striker looked threatening in the early stages and he went within a whisker of scoring with a header that drew a fine save from Danny Vukovic.
That seemed to fire the Glory into action and they too would come close to the opener as Dean Heffernan found the crossbar with a quality header.
The game settled down after that and the Glory looked to be gaining the ascendancy until Jamieson was found wanting at the back.
After winning a turnover from Bas van den Brink, Marcos Flores played a wonderful ball through for Marco Rojas and the New Zealander's cross forced Jamieson into a costly error under the pressure of Thompson.
The hosts looked the more likely for the rest of the half but were unable to make a series of corners count.
Perth were again on top early in the second half as they enjoyed extended periods of possession.
But they were unable to find the breakthrough and things got tougher for the home side in the 68th minute when Joshua Risdon was shown a second yellow card for a tackle on Leigh Broxham.
The game should have been out of reach for the hosts just minutes later when Rojas was played through by Spase Dilevski but the Kiwi powered his shot straight at Vukovic, who stayed big and made a strong save.
The Glory continued to press forward and they very nearly nabbed a draw when Ryo Nagai found the crossbar with a deflected shot in injury time.
It wasn't to be the home side's night however, as it finished 1-0 to the Victory.
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