Adelaide spoil Perth homecoming in ALM win

Adelaide United have gatecrashed Perth Glory's homecoming party by claiming a smash-and-grab 2-1 win in the A-League Men.

After being forced interstate for the past three-and-a-half months, Richard Garcia's men had an afternoon to forget on their return to Western Australia.

Goals from Hiroshi Ibusuki and Mo Toure either side of the break gave Adelaide the win and solidified their hold on third place on the ladder.

Bruno Fornaroli hit back for Glory with a 90th minute penalty but it was too little too late.

Perth now have just one win in their past six games and excluding a 10-minute spell in the first half never really threatened the Reds.

In hot conditions at HBF Park, both teams played out a tense opening half an hour with Perth the first outfit to try to push the envelope.

Fornaroli, who enjoyed an entertaining running battle with Lachlan Barr, had the best chance when he received the ball with his back to goal, evaded the attentions of two Adelaide defenders and curled a shot goalward which was tipped behind.

Callum Timmins also missed a chance to give the home side the lead and the Reds made them pay for their wastefulness in front of goal at the other end.

Ibusuki forced Liam Reddy to tip his shot behind and the Japanese forward then climbed above Jonathan Aspropotamitis at the resulting corner to power home a header for their opener.

Since signing for Adelaide, Ibusuki has four goals across his first nine games in a promising start to life under Carl Veart.

Perth were forced into a change at the break when Reddy was taken off for Cameron Cook with a hip flexor issue.

Cook's first impact was one he would no doubt rather forget.

Adelaide substitute Toure burst down the right and went to the byline where he opted to