Sydney posts record 4th-straight win in A-League

Sydney FC overcame the loss to injury of Alessandro Del Piero to beat Newcastle 2-0, extending its winning streak to a club record four matches and moving up to second place in the A-League.

Sydney coped easily, scoring within two minutes of his departure through Joel Chianese and clinching their win with a goal to Del Piero’s replacement Ranko Despotovic, the former Serbia striker who has scored in his first two A-League games.

The win carried Sydney into second place, three points behind Brisbane which earlier beat Perth 1-0 for its sixth win in eight rounds.

Albanian striker Besart Berisha scored his third goal of the season and his second in consecutive matches to give Brisbane a 1-0 win over Perth.

An understrength Perth stifled Brisbane for much of the match but in the 57th minute Berisha managed to elude defender Steve Pantelidis and score with a powerful shot.

He loves scoring goals and he loves scoring goals for the Brisbane Roar.”