Midfielder Sarpreet Singh produced one of the best individual performances from a Wellington Phoenix player.

Grown men bowed down to Sarpreet Singh.

Such was the quality of the livewire midfielder's performance in Saturday night's 4-1 win over the Brisbane Roar that he had fawning fans pledging their allegiance to the Wellington Phoenix's newest prince of the park.

And he is just a prince after all because at just 19 he remains a work-in-progress.

GETTY IMAGES Sarpreet Singh skips away from Brisbane Roar's Thomas Kristensen on Saturday night.

But on Saturday night he produced one of those games that in years to come, when he's likely moved on to bigger and better things than the Wellington Phoenix and the A-League, people will still be saying "remember that game against the Roar". It was reminiscent of when former Phoenix starlet Marco Rojas announced himself as a star of the future back in 2010-11.

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Singh has already shown glimpses of brilliance in his 21-match A-League career, but this was the first time he took complete control of a match, ripping apart the Roar midfield with his pace and agility. Two of his mazy runs led directly to the Phoenix's first two second-half goals, before he capped his night with a goal from a direct freekick in stoppage time.

That goal almost saw Phoenix coach Mark Rudan join those adoring fans in bending the knee.

"He's a little gem, isn't he? I almost got down on my hands and knees and started bowing as well. It was great to see the fans appreciate his work," Rudan said.

"The kid is going places."

GETTY IMAGES Wellington Phoenix midfielder Sarpreet Singh takes on three Brisbane Roar defenders on Saturday.

Rudan said he challenged many of his players at halftime, when the score was 1-1, to lift in the second half.

The instruction to Singh was to take control, and he did just that.

"He really took the game by the scruff of the neck in the second half. We asked a bit of him and we asked him to be that man we all know that he can be, irrespective of age.

"We knew they were an ageing squad, they have a lot of players over the age of 30, and I knew we could run them ragged, and we asked Sarpreet to really take a hold of that ball and take this game, and he did that."

Just how far Singh goes in football will be largely up to him and how much hard work he puts in. Which is why Rudan became more circumspect about the teenager shortly after saying what he said above.

"We take a lot of caution protecting him because we understand what the big, bad world can be. It's important we keep him level-headed and it's important that he just purely focuses on his craft.

RAGHAVAN VENUGOPAL/PHOTOSPORT Wellington Phoenix coach Mark Rudan celebrates the win on Saturday night.

"We've had a lot of chats with him and the last couple of weeks, particularly when he was out of the squad, we had a good, long chat and he understands how important it is that he does the right things day-in, day-out if he wants to see the best of himself."

Singh's was not the only quality performance on the night.

David Williams made a real impact when replacing Nathan Burns in the 58th minute, scoring his first goal in Phoenix colours in the 75th minute.

GETTY IMAGES The Wellington Phoenix players celebrate at the final whistle after beating Brisbane Roar 4-1 on Saturday night.

The backline was excellent again, other than a momentary lapse just before halftime which led to Henrique's goal, as the Phoenix guaranteed themselves a spot in the top six for Christmas.

But the night belonged to Singh, who announced himself as a Phoenix star.

AT A GLANCE

Wellington Phoenix 4 (Avraam Papadopoulos 35' (own goal), David Williams 75', Roy Krishna 80' (pen), Sarpreet Singh 90') Brisbane Roar 1 (Henrique 45'). HT: 1-1.