Western Sydney Wanderers have come from a goal down to notch up their eighth draw of the season in a 1-1 clash with Perth Glory at ANZ Stadium on Sunday night.
Wanderers went behind to an Adam Taggart goal (14') with a hint of offside before substitute Jaushua Sotirio (67') restored parity.
Tony Popovic's men dominated possession and the chances but couldn't find the killer ball for the winner and remain winless at home this season.
Both sides went into the match on 13 points and in inconsistent form.The draw sees Glory move up to 5th and Wanderers to 6th and back in finals contention.
Chris Harold threaded a sublime through ball to Taggart for the opener, the former Golden Boot winner getting on the end, before running at goal and catching Jerrad Tyson out at his near post.
But with Wanderers pressing in the second half, substitute Jaushua Sotirio who had only just got on the park, showed striker’s instincts to coolly finish past Glory keeper Liam Reddy.
The reply set up a grandstand finish in front of just over 12,000 fans at a wet ANZ as both sides pushed for a winner.
But Wanderers lacked a cutting edge up front to seriously trouble Glory, and the visitors came close to clinching all three points after some Diego Castro magic in the final minutes. But the ball fell to Rostyn Griffiths who was unable to find a way past Tyson.
GOALS
0-1 Glory, Adam Taggart 16’
Superb interplay on the right wing saw Chris Harold set Taggart away and he drove into the box and with Castro free the Caltex Socceroo went for the near post and beat Tyson in goal to open the scoring.
1-1 Wanderers, Jaushua Sotirio 66’
Perth’s high line was sprung by Sotirio and the sub sprinted to the box and coolly slotted under Liam Reddy to make it 1-1.
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