After falling behind to an early Luke DeVere goal, the Sky Blues re-grouped and showed tremendous fighting spirit to equalise through Alex Brosque before the break to earn themselves a hard-earned point.

But the Roar, who have never won against Sydney at the SFS in eight previous meetings, will feel the most aggrieved with the result after wasting a number of opportunities to secure victory.

Midfielder Massimo Murdocca missed two glorious chances in the first half while skipper Matt McKay somehow blasted over the bar from just five metres out with only three minutes left.

It was the Roar that made the better start and they got an early reward through DeVere inside seven minutes.

The Roar central defender used all his strength to outjump both Mark Bridge and goalkeeper Ivan Necevski to the ball and plant his header home from just three metres out from Thomas Broich's deflected corner kick.

While DeVere was the hero at one end it was his error that allowed Sydney an equaliser 11 minutes before the break.

After Bridge had flicked on Necevski's long ball forward, DeVere attempted to head the ball back to his own keeper but didn't get enough on it with ex-Roar striker Alex Brosque on the spot to poke the ball past Michael Theoklitos.

The goal took Brosque to equal third on the all-time A-League scorers list alongside former Victory striker Danny Allsopp with 36 goals, behind only Archie Thompson (49) and Shane Smeltz (42).

The result means Brisbane move onto 23 points but remain in second, while the Sky Blues are still last but move to eight points, level with tenth-placed Newcastle.

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