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The spirit which has helped Perth SC win back to back titles shone through again on Saturday as they claimed a 4-3 win at Cockburn City.

In a see-saw match with little riding on it other than pride, it turned out to be a cracker.

Cockburn struck first when referee Josh Nixon spotted an elbow by Perth skipper Harley Orr and pointed to the spot, Daniel Robinson converting the 27th-minute penalty.

The champions didn't take long to get on terms, however, as Bojan Radinovic headed in Niccolo Sabatini's corner.

The score stayed at 1-1 a the break. But seven minutes into the second half Perth were 3-1 ahead.

First Sabatini cashed in on Daniel Dols' miscontrol and slipped in Michael Domfeh to score.

And Domfeh was on target again from another Sabatini through ball to make it 3-1.

Cockburn went route one to pull one back on 59 minutes. Dols slung a deep cross into the box and Anthony Skorich outjumped keeper Francis Soale to head home.

The goal gave City fresh belief and they made it 3-3 six minutes from the end when Devon Gibson smartly turned in Jesse Lazzarro's left-wing centre.

But Perth came again like the champions they are and found a winner two minutes into stoppage time. The Cockburn defence was unable to deal with Domfeh and the big striker forced a mistake which resulted in the ball spinning out to Andreas Theodosiades, whose volley went under keeper Luke Radonich and into the net.

Star player: Michael Domfeh (Perth SC)

Cockburn City 3 (Robinson pen 27, Skorich 59, Gibson 84)
Perth SC 4 (Radinovich 38, Domfeh 47 52, Theodosiades 90+2)

Dalmatinac Park
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Kick-off: 3pm
Referee: Josh Nixon
Assistant referee: Jess Byrd, Niall Gillmor