Melbourne Victory came from behind to share a 1-1 draw with Sydney FC in the A-League this morning.
The visitors looked to take advantage early on, as Richard Garcia headed the ball just over less than five minutes into the match.
Melbourne had the ball in the back of the net following a Kosta Barbarouses strike just a few minutes later, but his effort was ruled out for offside.
Barbarouses and Archie Thompson both had further chances to break the deadlock for the hosts in the first half, but the match remained goalless at the break.
Sydney were ahead less than two minutes after the restart as Joel Chianese tapped the ball in from close range, capitalising after Lawrence Thomas spilled the ball from an Alireza Abbasfard shot.
Victory were able to get back on level terms shortly after the hour mark when James Troisi sliced the ball in from a tight angle, having been set up by a through-ball from Guilherme Finkler.
James Jeggo nearly gave the home side the lead just a couple of minutes later, attempting to drill the ball in from long range, but his effort was saved.
Sydney pressed for a late winner, but Thompson made a crucial block to prevent the visitors from having a shot deep in injury time.
Sian Cowper
