Brosque opened the scoring late in the first half against the run of play with Perth dominating most of the opening stanza.

But in the second half, Glory appeared to have taken control with goals from James Robinson, Jamie Harnwell and Mitchell Prentice giving them an apparently unbeatable 3-1 lead.

Sydney were not to be denied a share of the points though and hit back immediately after Perth’s third with a goal from Patrick, followed by Brosque’s equaliser deep into injury time.

"We're just disappointed we couldn't go on with it," said Brosque after the match. "To Perth's credit, they did well, they came out at us and scored three goals and put us under pressure.

"But I think it is two points that we dropped tonight."

He admitted he thought Sydney were down and out when Perth were 3-1 up, but he said: "Credit to the boys, they kept going, they kept digging away.

"To lift and put three past Perth I think was a good effort. We sneaked away with a point so we're happy."

Perth's heartbroken Simon Colosimo said he was "devastated" at the draw.

"The boys put everything in that and I think it's maybe a little bit of inexperience or maybe it's just not our season," he said.

"I think we thoroughly deserved three points there and we just didn't get it."

He added: "Sydney aren't an easy team to shut out especially with Brosquey and Juninho in the form that they're in.

"I don't think we got caught out, I think it was just a couple of silly mistakes. We had numbers behind the ball but it just cost us. It's really disappointing."

Glory had run amok down the right wing throughout the first half, capitalising on Sydney’s well-advertised weakness in the left fullback position.

But as has been the story throughout the season, they lacked the finishing touch to make the most of the great chances they were creating.

Simon Colosimo, Billy Celeski and Jamie Harnwell all tried to get on the scoresheet but simply couldn’t find a way.

Colosimo came closest when his powerful long-range snapshot forced an excellent save from Sydney ‘keeper Clint Bolton. All too often though, the shots were wide and wasted.

Glory were also guilty of squandering good set piece positions with corners not even making it past the first man.

The bruising encounter saw Perth defender Dino Djubic receive four staples to stitch up a head wound, while Sydney fullback Ian Fyfe required attention for a painful fall on his elbow and Juninho gave the bench a scare when he fell awkwardly on his already injured shoulder.

But despite Perth’s domination, it was Brosque who got the breakthrough when he scored in the 40th minute.

He muscled his way through the Perth defence to get onto a touch from Brendan Santalab who had scythed through Perth’s midfield to set up the striker.

With Brosque past his men and into the box, it just remained for him to slot it home and put Sydney ahead, completely against the run of play.

Harnwell almost levelled the scores with a freekick close to half-time which found a Glory head but it glanced wide.

But it didn’t take long for the scores to be equalled after the restart.

Just eight minutes into the second half, Mitchell Prentice sent in a delightful floating ball into the box that found Djulbic with a clear header.

But rather than take it himself with a bandaged head, he knocked it back to Harnwell waiting near the penalty spot to blast it home.

It was a quality goal – even if Djulbic was dangerously close to offside – and Harnwell was delighted to have given the home crowd something to cheer at last.

Renewed by the goal, Perth pushed on to look for a winner as the crowd sang Harnwell’s name.

They got their reward just a few minutes later when he set up Robinson for the former Victory striker’s first goal for Glory.

Jamie Coyne punished the Sydney midfield’s careless passing when he intercepted the ball and drove through the centre to feed Harnwell who gave the slightest of touches to push it into Robinson’s path.

He pushed on with the ball and sent it under Bolton’s diving body to the delight of Glory players and fans.

Quarter of an hour later, Colosimo won a freekick on the edge of the box when he was brought down on another braveheart run at Sydney faltering defence.

Prentice lined up to take it, blasted it at the six-man Sydney wall – and a deflection by Patrick’s head was enough to beat the unsighted Bolton.

It hit the back of the net for Perth’s third and almost secured a memorable triumph after a long, depressing start to the season.

Sydney hit back almost immediately with a long high ball into the box which was knocked back by Tony Popovic for Patrick to shoot.

His first shot was saved by Tomi Tomich but came back to Popovic who once again knocked it down for Patrick. This time though his shot was on target and it slammed home past Tomich to keep Sydney in the game.

Sydney gambled on a formation change with three at the back following the A-League debut of young Nikolas Tsattalios for the final 15 thrilling minutes at Terry McFlynn’s expense as the visitors looked for an equaliser.

Striker-come-fullback David Zdrilic pushed forward into midfield and unleashed a couple of screamers but once again succumbed to his familiar weakness of missing the target as excitement reached fever pitch.

Perth meanwhile went looking for one more goal to seal the victory beyond doubt and brought on their young striker Nikita Rukavytsya for Nick Rizzo.

Patrick had another impressive attempt on goal stopped by Tomich but this time Coyne stepped in to clean up the parried save before Sydney could follow up and finish the move.

But the worst miss came just a moment later after Robinson set up Rukavytsya with a perfectly weighted ball into the box and only the goalie to beat but the youngster dragged it agonisingly wide.

By now it was end to end stuff as the final five minutes came up with both sides still looking for goals. Sydney were dominating the pressure but once again it was Perth who came closest with a run into the box forcing a brave save from Clint Bolton.

Zdrilic drew a foul on the edge of the box giving Sydney a freekick in a promising position with just seconds left on the clock.

Juninho grabbed the ball to take the kick and he put in a cracker, beating the wall and dipping towards the goal, but only to be denied by the crossbar.

But with the clock almost run out, Brosque finally supplied the equaliser. Rudan put the ball in for a head down by Patrick and Brosque snatched the equaliser with a lethal strike.

It was thrilling finish to the match but Perth will be heartbroken after they appeared to have done more than enough to earn a win with standout performances from Harnwell and Robinson.

FourFourTwo Says:
What a cracker! The first half looked like it was going to be more of the frustrating fare Perth had served up all season, but the second half sparked into life to create a stunner. Perth deserved to go home with their first win of the season after spectacularly finding their scoring touch. But Sydney's plucky fightback has to be acknowledged - it was unexpected and brilliant. Juninho almost earned it with his freekick but Brosque kept his head at the death. Perth will be devastated but there were plenty of positives for them to take away despite the disappointment.