The hosts should have gone ahead with less than a minute on the clock, Caputo emerging unmarked inside the six yard box to meet Kai Trewin’s arcing cross from the right but the striker’s header bounced harmlessly wide of Andoni Zubiaurre’s right post.

Caputo was not to make the same mistake two minutes later when he gave City the lead, linking up with Takeshi Kunimori at a corner. The Japanese midfielder delivered the perfect centre and the 20-year-old nodded in from close range.

Bergson came closest to pulling JDT level in the 17th minute, the forward swivelling inside the penalty area to meet Eddy Israfilov’s pass as it was slid through but his attempt on the stretch was deflected wide of goal by Liam Bonetig.

The Brazilian almost carved out the equaliser with eight minutes left in the half when he turned to strike towards goal but Beach’s fingertip save was enough to take the ball over the bar. Beach then kept out Oscar Arribas’ shot from distance at the resulting corner.

The City goalkeeper was on hand again to keep JDT at bay in the final minute of the half, throwing himself at full stretch to his left to push Jario’s header around the post after the Brazilian was found by a searching cross from Nacho Mendez on the left.

Bergson shot across the face of goal and Arribas’ attempt from distance only just cleared the bar as JDT made a strong start to the second half while Jonathan Silva’s rising drive from inside the area was too high.

JDT continued to push but Beach stood strong, the Socceroos goalkeeper dropping to his right to make a reflex save to keep out another Bergson attempt in the 61st minute as the striker turned the defence.

Besian Kutleshi was presented with the opportunity to put the result beyond doubt for City but he pulled his 73rd minute effort across the face of goal while Jairo’s close range effort as he slid onto Raul Parra’s pass looped up to hit the crossbar.

Memeti then sealed the points a minute into added time when he smashed his shot past Zubiaurre via the underside of the bar to continue City’s winning run in the competition.