'Sigmund obviously has a grab'

Backup ... Bruce Djite says teammate Jeronimo, who he is defending here, had the right to go down. Source: Sarah Reed / News Limited

Fox Sports' Mark Bosnich is joined by former A-League coach Miron Bleiberg and Adelaide United's Bruce Djite in reviewing the weekend's A-League action, with Djite defending teammate Jeronimo's controversial 'dive'.

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Newcastle Jets 2 defeat Melbourne Victory 1 at Hunter Stadium

Miron says: I'm not impressed with Newcastle Jets' football and Gary van Egmond will be honest enough and probably agree with me. They've got the same symptom as (Sydney FC with) Alessandro Del Piero - Emile Heskey comes a week or two weeks after five months of preparation. But they adjusted better because it's easier to adjust to someone playing on the top. At the moment they are getting results, and if you ask in a professional environment - you are not playing in a church league - what is better: to get nine points and not be happy with the football, or to be happy with the football and be on the bottom of the ladder? So Gary should be happy and things will get better, and you can't take it away from them. Three wins, nine points out of 12, it's good. As for Melbourne Victory it's a bit of a mixed bag. I disagree with (Victory coach) Ange Postecoglou that he's happy with the improvement because no one is happy to be on the bottom of the ladder in a professional sport. I think they're playing better than they played at the beginning (of the season) but what the future holds for them, I'm not sure.

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Adelaide United 3 defeated Wellington Phoenix 1 at Hindmardh Stadium

Bruce says: They were calling Jeronimo a cheat on the pitch but he didn't understand so that's maybe a positive of being a foreigner sometimes! Obviously it was a contentious talking point and it's gotten a lot of media, and it will probably get a lot of media during the week. But the guy's obviously touched Jeronimo, he's felt the contact. You can see Ben Sigmund obviously has a grab at his shirt and he goes down. I think with the delayed reaction some people are a bit upset about that but the same thing happened to us in the Asian Champions League and it completely changed the game for us. You could say that was the reason we got knocked out. Jeronimo's a very honest guy, a very good guy, and in the heat of the moment it's a tricky one. I think the same with Andrew Durante calling him a cheat - if you want to hear people's opinions right after a game you're going to get the full brunt of it.

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Western Sydney Wanderers 1 defeated Brisbane Roar 0 at Suncorp Stadium

Miron says: I think it was unheard of an away team having an 8-0 corner ration after twenty minutes. It was just a matter of time before (a goal) would come and Wanderers totally deserved it. I think the problem with Brisbane is they came unprepared. They are still the greatest team in the competition but I think they came with the attitude that it's not if we're going to win but by how much we're going to win. They will learn from it and they will play better in the future, but it's got that they got this shock now at this stage of the season.

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Central Coast Mariners 1 defeated Melbourne Heart 0 at AAMI Park

Bozza says: (Heart goalkeeper) Clint Bolton first and foremost made an outstanding save to keep Heart in the game in the first half, but we spoke about this with the Alessandro Del Piero free kick against Ben Kennedy a couple weeks ago, about the starting position for goalkeepers when they're facing free kicks in and around the edge of the box. It's very, very important that goalkeepers start on their line. If they start forward of their line, like Clint did a little bit, you end up starting to dive backwards, and that's why it ends up in the back of the net. As you start to dive backwards you lose time on the ball. But in saying that it's an outstanding free kick by Pedj Bojic. He had one in a similar position in the first half and Miron actually said to me in the green room "he's going to score this one" and he didn't. But he did score the second one! A very good performance by Central Coast Mariners. Melbourne Heart did have their chances in the second half - Josip Tadic as well as Richard Garcia - but a resolute Central Coast Mariners performance, and they're going to be a team that's also going to be battling for the championship.

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Sydney FC 2 defeated Perth Glory 1 at ANZ Stadium

Miron says: Perth shouldn't feel ripped off because the game was very easy to explain and to understand. Up to the penalty decision Perth had full control and they felt at home, even though their home is far, far in the west. But once they were down to 10 men Sydney took advantage and the game changed, so Perth have only themselves to blame, and mainly Steve Pantelidis.

Bozza says: The game changed completely on that decision and the referee got that 100 per cent right. It was a silly challenge by Pantelidis, Del Piero put away the penalty and the whole complexion of the game changed. The only Sydney first-half performance which was as disjointed (as this one) was the Wellington game in the opening game of the season. They were really at sixes and sevens. It was a stroke of luck, but you have enough bad luck during the season that you've got to take the good luck when it comes.

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Bushrangers win with record total

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Big hitting ... Aaron Finch batted well for his 63. Source: Themba Hadebe / AAP

Victoria beat Tasmania by 25 runs after David Hussey's superb century paced the Bushrangers to a record one-day cricket score at the MCG.

ODD - Melbourne Cricket Ground

28 October 2012 - Day 1, Session 2

Tasmania 1st Innings

J. Faulkner	37	23	3	1	160.87
J. Bird	2	2	0	0	100
J. Herrick	4.4	0	37	1	7.93

Hussey smashed 100 from 78 balls on Sunday, including seven fours and four sixes, as Victoria won the toss and amassed 6-348 from 50 overs.

Victoria won by 25 runs after Tasmania responded with 323 from 49.4 overs, denying the home side the bonus point.

The Bushrangers' score is a domestic and international one-day record for the ground.

George Bailey and Ed Cowan gave the Tigers some hope with a fighting stand of 145, but Darren Pattinson removed them in successive overs to confirm the win.

Bailey and Cowan shared Tasmania's top score of 74, while Pattinson was the pick of the bowlers with 4-46 from nine overs.

"Watch for Darren Pattinson - I think he has three or four wickets in him tonight," Hussey joked to Fox Sports at the innings break.

Victoria were in the box seat when John Hastings had Ricky Ponting caught by Cameron White for 25, leaving Tasmania 3-81.

It was the first time the Bushrangers had dismissed Ponting in a week, following his unbeaten 162 and 60 in their Sheffield Shield clash.

Cowan and Bailey made the most of early lives to pile on 145 from 128 balls.

Stand-in wicketkeeper Peter Handscomb dropped a tough chance off Andrew McDonald when Cowan was yet to score.

It was the one blemish for Handscomb, who took four catches in Matthew Wade's absence.

Wade, expected to be confirmed as the Test 'keeper on Monday, was rested after injuring a thumb in last week's Shield match.

Bailey had made 13 when he lofted McDonald to long off, where Hastings and Clint McKay let the ball drop between them.

When Pattinson returned to the attack in the 38th over, Tasmania were an outside chance at 3-226.

But a faint inside edge had Bailey caught behind and two overs later, Cowan chopped on Pattinson.

James Faulkner was unbeaten on 37 and Clint McKay took 3-87 from 13 overs.

Earlier, Victoria also passed their previous record one-day score against the Tigers of 7-326, set three seasons ago in Hobart.

One of the highlights of Hussey's innings was smashing 22 off James Faulkner in the 39th over - four fours and a six - to pass 50.

After scoring a rare double bonus point earlier this month against Queensland, the Bushrangers top order again showed strong form.

Openers Rob Quiney and Aaron Finch had their second-straight 100 partnership, with Quiney scoring 53 and Finch out for 63.

Glenn Maxwell made 42 and Hussey then combined with captain Cameron White for a blistering stand of 115 from 92 balls for the fourth wicket.

White belted 45 from 40 balls and McDonald made a quickfire 33.

Ben Laughlin took 3-68 from 10 overs.

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Vettel win India GP, Webber third

Four in a row ... Sebastian Vettel stands atop his car after triumphing at the Indian Grand Prix. Source: AP

Reigning Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel rattled off his fourth successive win of the season in the Indian Grand Prix on Sunday to tighten his grip on the 2012 title with three races remaining.

The 25-year-old German led all the way from his pole position start to pull 13 points clear of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who finished ten seconds behind in the race near New Delhi.

Vettel's Red Bull teammate Mark Webber took third place ahead of McLaren duo Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.

It was Vettel's 26th win and he revelled in his familiar trick of adding the fastest lap of the race in the final lap and then standing atop of his car to milk the applause from the crowd.

Aiming to become Formula 1's youngest triple champion the German said: "Two years and two wins here, it's a very special Grand Prix, I don't know what it is about this circuit.

"A big thanks to my team, we're all pushing very hard.

"This is another good step (to the title) for us but there is still a long way to go."

Alonso commented: "It's not easy at the moment to fight with Red Bull but we will never give up."

The only danger to Vettel in an otherwise seamless success came in the closing laps when sparks sprayed out from underneath his car's front spoiler but there was no trouble.

Felipe Massa finished sixth in the second Ferrari ahead of his old friend Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus, Nico Hulkenberg of Force India, Romain Grosjean in the second Lotus and 10th-placed Bruno Senna of Williams.

Australian Daniel Ricciardo was 13th in his Toro Rosso.

The next race is on November 4 in Abu Dhabi, where Vettel won his first world title in 2010 ahead of Alonso in what was then the season finale.

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Bozza's Save of the Week, R4

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Save of the Week ... Mark Birighitti was in fine form on Friday night. Source: Liam Driver / News Limited

Emile Heskey stole the headlines but Mark Birighitti played a starring role in Newcastle Jets' win over Melbourne Victory on Friday night.

The young goalkeeper was in superb form at Hunter Stadium, making several outstanding saves that allowed the Jets to hold onto their lead and eventually run out 2-1 winners.

Perhaps Birighitti's finest save was a diving effort to keep out a long-range thunderbolt from Adama Traore that looked destined for the top corner until the Newcaslte No.1 intervened.

He also made a superb save with an outstretched leg to deny Melbourne's Archie Thompson early in the game.

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His work was enough to earn the Save of the Week title from Fox Sports football expert and former Socceroos goalkeeper Mark Bosnich, who was full of praise for the young shot stopper.

"Mark Birighitti made a wonderful compilation of saves," Bosnich said.

"Melbourne Victory would feel disappointed they didn't go into the break two or three up, and that was because of that man Mark Birighitti.

"We talk about goalkeepers making miracles, and this (save against Archie Thompson) is a miracle.

"Archie Thompson would have thought when that left his foot, 'that's a goal'. It changes the game, and that's worth its weight in gold."

At the end of each round of A-League action, Bozza will nominate his Save of the Week on Sunday Shootout.

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Jeronimo fires Reds over Phoenix

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At the double ... Jeronimo continued his impressive start in the A-League. Source: Sarah Reed / News Limited

Adelaide United folk hero Cassio celebrated his 100th A-League game with a goal as the Reds downed Wellington Phoenix 3-1 on Saturday.

Argentine striker Jeronimo Neumann scored twice as Adelaide netted three goals in the final 40 minutes to deliver the Phoenix their first loss of the season.

The Phoenix finished with 10 men after Ben Sigmund was controversially sent off in the 77th minute.

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Adelaide	4	3	0	1	4	9
2	Newcastle	4	3	0	1	1	9
3	Perth	3	2	0	1	2	6
4	Wellington	4	1	2	1	0	5
5	Brisbane	4	1	1	2	3	4
6	Central Coast	3	1	1	1	0	4
7	Heart	3	1	1	1	-1	4
8	Western Sydney	4	1	1	2	-1	4
9	Sydney	3	1	0	2	-2	3
10	Victory	4	1	0	3	-6	3

Wellington's Stein Huysegems scored the opening goal in the Hindmarsh Stadium fixture before the visitors were overwhelmed by Adelaide, who return to the top of the ladder with the win.

Jeronimo's brace was punctuated by fan favourite Cassio's 68th minute goal, which gave Adelaide a 2-1 lead.

Cassio, after a 20 metre run that sliced open Wellington's defence, flicked to Jeronimo, who fed the ball back to his teammate and the Brazilian promptly scored with a slick left-footer.

Replays suggested Jeronimo might have been offside when the ball was played to him, but the goal still stood.

Adelaide's comeback triumph came after Phoenix talisman Paul Ifill created Huysegems' strike with a crafty through ball in the 42nd minute.

As a flat-footed Adelaide defence stood hoping for an offside call, Ifill's insightful pass played the Belgian international into ample space.

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Huysegems closed within 10 metres and powered a left-footer with such force it gave Reds goalkeeper Eugene Galevokic no chance.

Adelaide hit back just 10 minutes after halftime when Jeronimo scored.

After a scramble, Wellington's attempt to clear their defensive area rebounded into the path of the Argentine just 10m from goal.

While fortunate to find the ball at his feet, Jeronimo's finish was clinical - a left-footer which equalised against the flow of play.

Jeronimo repeated the dose in the 85th minute after being played into space by Adelaide's creative Dario Vidosic, his left-foot finish sealing the victory for the Reds.

While Phoenix captain Andrew Durante was fuming after the game about Jeronimo's actions that saw Sigmund sent off, coach Ricki Herbert was riled at a goal by Wellington's Jeremy Brockie being ruled offside in the 59th minute.

"You have seen the video footage, write it yourself, I probably don't need to put words in your mouth," Herbert said.

"At the end of the day we have got an opinion and sometimes we can't voice it and I think that is to be respected.

"But all we ask for, is there an equal sort of line across the board?

"I think Jeremy's goal was a great goal.

"I thought Cassio's goal ... that is offside.

"You make your own assessments on those.

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Vettel, Webber fastest again

Same again ... Vettel and Webber have dominated qualifying recently. Source: Greg Baker / AAP

Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel completed a third-successive Red Bull front row lockout on Saturday when he took pole position for Sunday's Indian Grand Prix ahead of teammate Mark Webber.

The 25-year-old German, who is seeking to become the youngest triple champion in F1 history, made an error on his first flying lap in the top-ten shootout but responded with a second effort in one minute 25.283 seconds to clock the fastest time.

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It was his fifth pole of the season and the 35th of his career.

"All in all it has been a great weekend so far," Vettel said.

"We have to keep pushing - there are a lot of races to go.

"I'm happy to be on pole but there's a hard race coming up tomorrow."

His Australian partner Webber did his utmost to match him, but could only deliver 1:25.327 and took second as Red Bull proved they have the overall pace to start as clear favourites.

"It wasn't the smoothest (flying lap) for (Sebastian) and also for me," said Webber.

"On the last corner I got a little on the Astroturf on the exit and didn't have the cleanest run to line, but I'm driving the car.

"It was a pretty tight run thing between Seb and I. The McLarens were doing a very slow out-laps, and I had no grip in the first sector. I was surprised to end up in second."

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton took third place late in the session to jump ahead of his teammate and fellow Briton Jenson Button.

The two Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa are on the third row.

Alonso, championship leader for a long period of the season, is now six points behind Vettel and, with four races remaining, needs to deliver a strong result, if not a victory, to stay in serious contention.

But the Red Bulls appear stronger, Vettel having overturned a 39-point deficit to Alonso by winning the last three races in Singapore, Japan and South Korea.

The German also won the inaugural Indian last year at the 5.125km Buddh Circuit, 45km south of New Delhi.

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Wanderers beat Roar for first win

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Landmark ... Wanderers celebrate their first A-League goal, scored by Mark Bridge (second left). Source:AAP

Striker Mark Bridge headed home Western Sydney's first goal as the rookie A-League club secured a maiden win in a massive 1-0 upset of defending champions Brisbane Roar on Saturday night.

After missing a sitter in last weekend's 1-0 derby loss to Sydney FC, Bridge nodded in the drought-breaker 18 minutes into the first half, leaving Brisbane and the home fans shellshocked.

Brisbane's defence gave Bridge far too much space to move after Dutch import Youssouf Hersi delivered him a perfect ball off a short corner kick from star Japanese import Shinji Ono.

It ended 288 minutes of anxiety for for the Wanderers, who failed to score in their opening three games, though Bridge may have been lucky to grab his place in club history.

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Adelaide	4	3	0	1	4	9
2	Newcastle	4	3	0	1	1	9
3	Perth	3	2	0	1	2	6
4	Wellington	4	1	2	1	0	5
5	Brisbane	4	1	1	2	3	4
6	Central Coast	3	1	1	1	0	4
7	Heart	3	1	1	1	-1	4
8	Western Sydney	4	1	1	2	-1	4
9	Sydney	3	1	0	2	-2	3
10	Victory	4	1	0	3	-6	3

It could easily have gone to 22-year-old midfielder Aaron Mooy, whose fourth minute speculator rebounded off the right post into the left post as powerless Roar 'keeper Michael Theo looked on.

Western Sydney coach Tony Popovic said before the game he was hoping for a "lucky goal'' to put Brisbane under pressure.

Mooy almost provided it.

The coach had to wait another 14 minutes but there was nothing lucky about Bridge's goal and Western Sydney grew in confidence.

They made Brisbane look average in the first half with eight corners to nil.

The magnitude of the upset can be measured by Brisbane's fabulous Suncorp Stadium record, having lost just three of their previous 34 home games.

The visitors continually upset Brisbane's rhythm.

Popovic's defensive structure closed down the Roar in the middle of the pitch where they are usually very dangerous.

Hersi tormented Brisbane's defenders all night, taking the sting out of the crowd, who expected most of the action would be directed at Wanderers 'keeper Ante Covic who was rarely tested.

Covic had heated words with Brisbane's Jack Hingert, who he claimed had clipped him in the head with his boot searching for the equaliser.

Popovic kept his emotions under control despite the significance of the win for the club and the pressure on his players to score.

"Obviously the stats don't lie and we hadn't scored but there was no lack of confidence in this group,'' he said.

"We came here with a belief we could win the game if we played well and in the end we did that.

"At no stage did we doubt ourselves before the game.''

Popovic said keeping a class outfit like Brisbane scoreless for 90 minutes was equally as satisfying as the win.

"It would have been an injustice had we come away tonight without those three points, which can happen in football,'' he said.

"We didn't get down on ourselves when we didn't get a win or a goal in our first three games and we certainly won't get ahead of ourselves after this.

"It's three points, three great points.''

Roar coach Rado Vidosic looked in shock after the loss, unable to offer an excuse after two high quality training sessions during the week.

"They were very hard to penetrate, their defence was excellent,'' he said.

"They looked better (than us) on the fast break and could have punished us with more goals.''

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Durante labels Jeronimo a cheat

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Heated ... Durante was clearly displeased with Jeronimo's actions. Source: Sarah Reed / News Limited

Adelaide United's double-scorer Jeronimo Neumann has been branded a cheat by Wellington Phoenix captain Andrew Durante for diving in a bitter A-League fixture at Hindmarsh Stadium on Saturday.

The Phoenix were left fuming after defender Ben Sigmund was given a straight red card for bringing Jeronimo down as the last defender during the Reds' 3-1 win, but replays suggested the Argentine's reaction was significantly delayed.

Durante was incensed at the time, as he was when Cassio scored Adelaide's second goal after receiving a pass from a seemingly-offside Jeronimo, and the Wellington skipper didn't hold back during the post-game interview with Fox Sports.

"We got a few tough decisions against us," Durante said.

"I think the first one was offside from what I saw, the second one he's dived. He's a cheat.

"In my book, if he's dived, he's a cheat. I think the referees were shocking tonight.

"To end the game with a referee's decision like that ... I mean, that linesman on that far side did nothing to help this game. I thought it was extremely poor.

Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert was equally disappointed with the match officials, and while he said he wasn't aware of Durante's comments, he had a similar message.

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"Let's have a look at the review on the dive - if the boy hasn't dived, then fine, we all move on, it happens from time to time," Herbert said.

"But if he has, then maybe there is a chance to make a bit of a statement here."

Adelaide coach John Kosmina was surprised at Durante's comment about Jeronimo.

"That is a bit unfortunate, not a nice to thing to say," Kosmina said.

Kosmina suggested referee Jared Gillett, who made headlines last season for awarding a stoppage time penalty for Brisbane Roar in the A-League grand final, was in best position to judge whether Jeronimo dived.

"The referees make decisions that you agree with sometimes and they make decisions that you don't," he said.

"Looking at the replay, it was a hard one to call.

"And he was in a better position than I was, and probably in a better position than the cameras, because he was right behind it."

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Heskey double hands Jets victory

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Double trouble ... Emile Heskey the first of his fantastic goals against the Victory. Source:AAP

Emile Heskey and Newcastle Jets continued their flying starts to the A-League season as the striker scored both goals in a 2-1 win over Melbourne Victory on Friday night.

The former England international struck with two opportunistic goals in front of 13,912 fans at Hunter Stadium, moving him to the top of the league's scoring chart with four goals in as many games.

The second half strikes secured the Jets a third straight win, ensuring their best start to an A-League season.

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Newcastle	4	3	0	1	1	9
2	Adelaide	3	2	0	1	2	6
3	Perth	3	2	0	1	2	6
4	Wellington	3	1	2	0	2	5
5	Brisbane	3	1	1	1	4	4
6	Central Coast	3	1	1	1	0	4
7	Heart	3	1	1	1	-1	4
8	Sydney	3	1	0	2	-2	3
9	Victory	4	1	0	3	-6	3
10	Western Sydney	3	0	1	2	-2	1

While Sydney FC's marquee star Alessandro Del Piero has been hogging most of the competition's early headlines, former Liverpool striker Heskey has proven a revelation himself.

The 34-year-old becomes the first Jet to score in three successive games since Johnny Warren medallist Joel Griffiths in the club's championship-winning 2007/08 season.

The Victory hit back late through Archie Thompson but failed to build on a breakthrough win over Adelaide United last weekend, leaving coach Ange Postecoglou with plenty to ponder after three losses from four games.

The visitors had looked the most dangerous side in a scoreless first half, and could have gone ahead in the second minute had Marco Rojas not wasted a great chance.

Only two great stops from Mark Birighitti prevented the Victory from taking a lead into the sheds at halftime.

The Jets' gloveman used his legs to deny Thompson from close range in the 37th minute before tipping over a curling, long-range effort from Adam Traore.

Heskey turned the game after the break, storming onto a great cross from young defender Josh Brillante in the 54th minute to put the home side up.

The big frontman made the most of some sloppy defending from Mark Milligan and he capitalised again two minutes later, neatly converting a close-range chance as the Victory failed to clear from a corner.

Thompson put the Victory back in the game in the 71st minute when he pounced to head in a wayward clearance from Tiago Calvano but the Jets held on to move atop the competition table.

Jets coach Gary van Egmond was not happy with aspects of his side's performance and didn't hold back his thoughts in an animated halftime speech to his players.

However he was thrilled with their ability to grind out another win.

"What I'm really, really pleased with is their attitude and their desire to win the game,'' van Egmond said.

"We still can be better in regard to our performance ... but result-wise it's been terrific.''

Heskey came off late due to a tight hamstring as a precaution and van Egmond was delighted with his output.

"It's fantastic. Four (goals) in four games so from that respect it's a great return,'' he said.

While disappointed with a loss, Postecoglou was upbeat about the fact his men were in control for most of the game.

"I thought it was a step forward for us tonight,'' Postecoglou said.

"I thought that was the best we've played.

''... It should have been our game but in our sport there's a fine line between winning and losing and when you don't take your opportunities you fall on the wrong side of that line.''

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Red Bulls dominate practice

Out in front ... Vettel and Webber were the fastest two cars in practice on Friday. Source: Saurabh Das / AAP

Sebastian Vettel kept the momentum going when he dominated Friday practice for the Formula One Indian Grand Prix where he seeks a fourth-straight season win.

Driver		Team	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel (GER)	Red Bull	215
2	Fernando Alonso (ESP)	Ferrari	209
3	Kimi Raikkonen (FIN)	Lotus	167
4	Lewis Hamilton (GBR)	McLaren	153
5	Mark Webber (AUS)	Red Bull	152
6	Jenson Button (GBR)	McLaren	131
7	Nico Rosberg (GER)	Mercedes	93
8	Romain Grosjean (FRA)	Lotus	88
9	Felipe Massa (BRA)	Ferrari	81
10	Sergio Perez (MEX)	Sauber	66
11	Kamui Kobayashi (JPN)	Sauber	50
12	Nico Hulkenburg (GER)	Force India	45
13	Paul di Resta (GBR)	Force India	44
14	Michael Schumacher (GER)	Mercedes	43
15	Pastor Maldonado (VEN)	Williams	33
16	Bruno Senna (BRA)	Williams	25
17	Jean Eric Vergne (FRA)	Toro Rosso	12
18	Daniel Ricciardo (AUS)	Toro Rosso	9
19	Timo Glock (GER)	Marussia F1	0
20	Heikki Kovalainen (FIN)	Carterham	0
21	Vitaly Petrov (RUS)	Carterham	0
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio (BEL)	Lotus	0
23	Charles Pic (FRA)	Marussia F1	0
24	Narain Karthikeyan (IND)	HRT F1	0
25	Pedro de la Rosa (ESP)	HRT F1	0

Vettel, the world champion of the past two seasons and current overall leader, topped the morning session and then clocked a day-leading 1 minute 26.221 seconds in the afternoon.

Red Bull teammate Mark Webber was next in 1:26.339 followed by Ferrari's Fernando Alonso (1:26.820) at the 5.125km Buddh Circuit, some 45 kilometres south of New Delhi.

Vettel overturned a 39-point deficit on Alonso by winning the past three races in Singapore, Japan and South Korea, and Friday's results further confirmed Red Bull's current dominance on the circuit where Vettel won the inaugural race last year.

Vettel has 215 points in the standings with four races left.

Alonso is on 209, while Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus (167), McLaren's Lewis Hamilton (153), Webber (152) and Jenson Button of McLaren (131) only appear to have a mathematical chance.

Raikkonen was fifth on Friday, Hamilton sixth and Button seventh.

Qualifying is scheduled for Saturday and the race is Sunday.

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