The Blues were made to work hard for three quarters by the defensively-minded Demons, but broke the shackles in the final term to register a 13.15 (93) to 6.10 (46) win.
Melbourne coach Dean Bailey clearly went into the game with a strategy based on getting numbers behind the ball and hitting Carlton on the counter-attack.
Regular forward Jack Watts was deployed as a loose man in defence for most of the first three quarters with the Demon forwards largely abandoning their forward 50 to clog up the ground between the arcs.
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