Melbourne Victory made the fastest start to a Melbourne Derby in the Isuzu UTE A-League thanks to their red-hot first half of Saturday night’s 3-1 triumph at AAMI Park.
Subway Socceroos forward Nishan Velupillay broke the deadlock in the fifth minute of the Round 2 blockbuster before Greek import Nikos Vergos celebrated his first A-Leagues goal seven minutes later after replacing Bruno Fornaroli in the starting XI.
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Ryan Teague’s deflected strike in the 25th minute put Aurelio Vidmar’s men to the sword in Kisnorbo’s reunion with City, where he won a pair of Premierships and a Championship before joining French club Troyes in 2022.
It is the quickest a team has scored three or more goals to start a Melbourne Derby, surpassing the 27 minutes it took for Victory to take a 3-0 lead versus City in April 2022.
Victory drew 0-0 at defending champions Central Coast Mariners in Round 1, while City edged Newcastle Jets 1-0.
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