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Brisbane Roar has shared the spoils with Melbourne City in its first Hyundai A-League home match for 2020 on Saturday night at Suncorp Stadium.

Bradden Inman continued his rich vein of form, bagging a first-half brace to make it four goals in three games for the Australian winger.

The Roar and City traded goals twice during the match, with goals either side of half-time from Craig Noone and Nathaniel Atkinson cancelling out both of Inmanā€™s goals.

The Roar opening the scoring shortly after the half-hour mark as a blocked shot from Jay Oā€™Shea fell to the feet of Inman who then fired it into the bottom left corner from close range.

Inman added to his tally soon after with a tidy finish into the bottom left following some neat footwork on the cusp of the break.

Following full-time, Head Coach Robbie Fowler spoke proudly about the improvements that his in-form striker has made over the last month of football.

ā€œIā€™ve said that that from day one with Brad, if he realises his own potential then he can probably go onto much bigger and better things,ā€ Fowler said post-match.

Pepper, Inman, McGing

ā€œHeā€™s probably taking a little bit heed of what I was saying, about his finishing, about his movement, getting on the ball and being a bit more direct going at the players.

ā€œThe last three games heā€™s had his rewards. We kept him out for a little bit, a little bit of a spell on the sidelines has made him a little bit hungrier. Weā€™re happy with that.ā€

The result extends the Roarā€™s unbeaten run to three games and closes the gap on the top six sides.

ā€œI canā€™t fault our lads for effort. I thought we were outstanding in terms of what we put into the game. Itā€™s a good point against a very good team,ā€ Fowler continued.

ā€œThe way we played, in terms of possession, that was probably not one of our better games. Weā€™ve not lost a game so there are plenty of positives out of it. Three games undefeated, two draws.ā€

The Roar are back at home again next weekend, taking on Wellington Phoenix at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, 18 January (4:00pm KO).

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GOALS

Brisbane Roar ā€“ Inman 34ā€™ ā€“ 1-0
A blocked shot falls to the feet of Bradden Inman who makes no mistake with a powerful finish.

Melbourne City ā€“ Noone 39ā€™ ā€“ 1-1
Jamie Maclaren nods down into the path of Craig Noone who finishes off the inside of the post.

Brisbane Roar ā€“ Inman 45+3ā€™ ā€“ 2-1
Neat footwork from Inman loses a defender before an inch-perfect finish into the bottom corner beats Bouzanis.

Melbourne City ā€“ Atkinson 49ā€™ ā€“ 2-2
From beyond the area, Atkinson fires a tracer bullet into the top left corner.

Inman

MATCH DETAILS
Hyundai A-League 2019/20: Round 14 ā€“ Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday, 11 January

Brisbane Roar: 2 (Inman 34ā€™, 45+3ā€™)

Melbourne City 2(Noone 39ā€™, Atkinson 48ā€™)

Half-time: 2-1

Crowd: 10,659

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