Celebrate ... Melbourne Heart's Patrick Gerhardt scores his team's first goal. Source: George Salpigtidis / News Limited
Reigning champions Brisbane Roar have slumped to the bottom of the A-League table on the back of a 4-1 thrashing which lifted Melbourne Heart into the top six.
Friday night's win at AAMI Park lifted the Heart off the bottom in emphatic style, leaving the Roar in last spot and on a three-match losing streak.
The home side led 1-0 at the break thanks to a 20th minute goal from defender Patrick Gerhardt which capitalised on his side's early dominance as they continually stripped the Roar of the ball in their own half.
The momentum turned the Roar's way late in the first half as they regained their composure and produced some nice passing chains to cause the Heart some nervous moments.
They were unlucky not to level in the 40th minute.
A desperate Mitch Nichols did superbly to keep the ball from going over the end line, knocking it back for Henrique to seemingly score, only for it to be incorrectly awarded a goal kick.
Brisbane continued pressing early in the second half, before the game turned decisively with the Heart scoring three times in 12 minutes.
Relive the clash, with all the key stats and highlights, at our A-League Match Centre.
The first of those came in the 62nd minute to former Socceroo Richard Garcia, after some beautiful set-up work from Croatian attacker Josip Tadic, who worked his way into the box then laid it off for the Australian.
Garcia returned the favour nine minutes later, winning a penalty from a loose tackle by Matthew Jurman, with Tadic converting from the spot.
Substitute David Williams made it a four-goal lead within three minutes, breaking free on a swift counterattack then ramming home a curling right-footer.
Henrique bagged a consolation goal in the 82nd minute, the Roar's first in three games.
The loss caused Roar coach Rado Vidosic, who took over from dual-championship coach Ange Postecoglou ahead of this season, to question his players' desire to perform.
"There was no heart in our play,'' Vidosic told reporters.
"It was probably the worst performance we've seen from this lot in two-and-a-half years.''
But he said he had no cause to question whether his taking over, after Postecoglou left the club to join Melbourne Victory, had led to the slump.
"I'm not questioning my ability because I've been at the club for seven years and I've been part of the last few years of our success, the same as the players,'' Vidosic said.
"I'm hungry, I want to achieve even more.''
Roar captain Matt Smith was adamant the players still had hunger to succeed, but struggled to explain why it was not on show on Friday night.
"On behalf of the players we need to apologise A, to our coach, B, to our club, C, to our fans,'' Smith said.
"Tonight was, to me, probably the lowest point I've had at the club.
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