With a matter of seconds remaining the dangerous midfielder found his way into the box to slam home the equaliser on the end of a long-range throw from man of the moment Shannon Cole.

The 93rd-minute strike denied the resurgent Roar a second-consecutive victory after an opportunistic solo effort from former Scottish international Charlie Miller handed the visitors the lead four minutes into the second stanza.

Both sides showed a willingness to attack from the outset but the first genuine chance fell to the visitors 12 minutes in when Reinaldo broke free but in-form Sydney custodian Clint Bolton proved up to the task with a spectacular diving save.

The end-to-end action kept the vocal 12,403 strong crowd entertained as first Cole sent a dangerous ball across the face of the Roar goal which just evaded the outstretched boot of Alex Brosque, while in the next breath Dutchman Sergio van Dijk came agonisingly close to scoring for the Roar on the end of a searching cross from Hyuk-Su Seo.

Marquee man John Aloisi looked to inject himself into the contest midway through the half, his deft flick to Mark Bridge and subsequent strike sounding an ominous warning to Frank Farina's men.

The Roar continued to ask questions of the hosts' defence attacking at every turn, but it was Sydney who looked the more likely to score.

Sydney's best chance came in the 40th minute when Musialik put Alex Brosque in behind the defence however his right-foot strike on the run was just off the mark to keep things locked at 0-0 at the interval.

It took just four minutes for Miller to break the deadlock as the Sydney defence failed to shut down the dangerous playmaker who let fire from the edge of the box for his fifth goal in seven appearances this season, to hand his side a 1-0 advantage.

But it wasn't enough to seal the win as Sydney capped off an entertaining encounter in thrilling style through the right boot of Musialik in the dying moments.

Sydney FC 1 (Musialik 93)
Queensland Roar 1 (Miller 49)
at Sydney Football Stadium. Crowd: 12,403