Thank you very much for joining me and Amanda tonight - we had an absolute ball bringing you all the action from a very odd World Cup qualifier.

The Socceroos were undoubtedly second best between the boxes, but, over and over again, got the better of Indonesia when in them.

A clinical 5-1 victory and a huge step towards next year's tournament.

See you back here on Tuesday evening, when we'll do it all again for Australia's clash with China. Until then, go well!

Socceroos coach Tony Popovic is pleased with the win but not content with the performance overall. 

"Defensively we weren't great today. We were a little bit on edge, sloppy defending," he said.

"Getting the (first) goal settled everyone down.

"It's what you want to be part of, you want to be part of something special that can get through these moments."

Popovic says he finally feels like things are clicking into place in his tenure. 

"This window... is the first time I felt in training and just around the hotel that this group is now starting to build into something that we're trying to do," he said. 

"Proud of what I saw tonight to be head coach in Sydney, hometown, is just special." 

Jackson Irvine scored his first international goal at the SFS nearly eight years ago - so he told the media it's fitting that he added a couple more tonight. 

"From a personal point of view, special night. 

I never take it for granted being here. Haven't played in the stadium since that night almost eight years ago. 

But this is a new time, new shirt, new everything. And I had a good feeling when I put it on the first time, it might have been a good night."

Indonesia coach Patrick Kluivert says his side's missed penalty was a turning point, and the players never recovered from that. 

"I think in the beginning of the game, we did a very good job in pressing high on the right side where we wanted to press, because we know on the left side they have good players.

After that, we received the penalty. If you shoot the penalty, it will be a totally different match. 

And that in that moment, we changed something in our minds or something, but we didn't play our play anymore. 

I think that we fought like lions, we never dropped down our heads. 

But unfortunately, I'm very disappointed for the result, not only for us, for the people, for everybody who is supporting Indonesia."

And so he might.

The right wing back was everywhere tonight, and, playing his club football in Scotland, he says he wasn't quite prepared for a sweltering Sydney evening.

"First time back in Aus and the weather was killing me! I'm used to five degrees," Miller told Network 10.

"Obviously it was a good hit-out today, and the boys were unbelievable tonight weren't we."

A great performance and well taken goal from Miller.

Player of the match Jackson Irvine is talking to Network 10, and he has mixed feelings about tonight's performance, despite the 5-1 scoreline.

"We want to be a team that controls possession far better than we did today," Irvine said.

"We probably weren't good enough in possession for 90 minutes to be honest, but they came with more intensity than I've faced in a home game in a while. 

"Man against man, it just felt like full pelt pressing for 90 minutes, all over us. 

"It's hard to play possession style football when you're constantly under pressure." 

But he's happy with his team's flexibility in the face of that Indonesian intensity.

"What we had to do was, when we broke the pressure, then be clinical," Irvine said. 

"And the times that we did break through we looked like we were gonna score.

"There were aspects of the game that are pleasing, a lot we could have done better."

The Indonesians had many bright moments in that match Pete and you're right, the final score didn't do them any justice.  

It's a clinical performance, if ever there was one.

It's a Tony Popovic performance, if ever there was one.

The Socceroos sat back, absorbed pressure and let Indonesia dictate much of the play.

Indonesia looked brilliant between the boxes and finished the game with 60% of the ball.

But Australia was lethal on the counter-attack.

Nishan Velupillay was instrumental in the first half and Craig Goodwin's set-piece delivery was impeccable in the second.

5-1, and it's a statement win from Australia.

Craig Goodwin has been at his best tonight Glen

And Fran Karacic, on his Socceroos return, almost has a late goal.

He skims a cheeky effort across goal and just past Indonesia's right hand post.