Melbourne City FC captain Bruno Fornaroli marked his 50th A-League appearance with a brace as the Uruguayan inspired City to a 3-2 win over Central Coast Mariners on Sunday afternoon.
Fornaroli opened the scoring with a perfectly-placed free kick in just the fourth minute, before City doubled its lead at Central Coast Stadium through a Nick Montgomery own goal.
With City cruising, the home side found a lifeline through Fabio Ferreria’s long-range deflected free kick in first half added time.
The scores were level two minutes into the second half when Ruon Tongyik turned into his own net after the restart. Â
The visitors continued to push forward in search for a third goal and found a breakthrough when Fornaroli was brought down in the box by Paul Izzo and slotted the resulting penalty home.
