Dyron Daal scored one of the flukiest goals in the league's history when the ball smashed into the side of his head and deflected into the goal in the 12th minute but Fury's luck ended there.

In a 14 minute blitz, Eli Babalj levelled the scores for the visitors in the 50th minute despite offside pleas while Gerald Sibon delivered a second goal in the 58th minute but appeared to have handballed.

Wayne Srhoj then ran through a demoralised defence and almost half the field to draw and pass past goalkeeper Justin Pasfield to set up Adrian Zahra for the third goal in the 64th minute.

Ufuk Talay ensured a close finish after converting a penalty kick in the 84th minute, which had to be taken twice due to encroachment, when livewire Dyron Daal was brought down in the box by Simon Colosimo.

Fury could be excused for feeling robbed after dominating the start to go one up before a run of calls went against them to leave them demoralised and Heart running rampant but they dug deep to pull a goal back and threaten to the death.

North Queensland peppered the goal box early with three opportunities in the first five minutes but could not convert.

David Williams sent a low cross into the box with the ball deflecting off the legs of defender Michael Marone and into the path of an open Chris Payne but his strike brushed the right post.

Payne threatened again with a cross from the left wing curling across the goal face and past lunging defenders into the run of Daal but his shot was blocked on the line by Michael Beauchamp.

Fury opened the scoring sin the 12th minute when a Panny Nikas freekick rebounded off Daal's head and wrong footed goalkeeper Clint Bolton into the net.

Daal came close to doubling his tally in the 31st minute when a measured freekick by Mark Hughes found him unmarked in the box but the shot smashed into the right side of the net.

Melbourne set out after the break to counter attack and Rutger Worm created plenty on the left wing.

Worm was at the end of a one-two pass from the midfield before putting a through ball to an open Babalj who slotted it low into the left corner to level the scores in the 50th minute.

Sibon positioned himself under a high long-ball in the 50th minute and used his muscle to hold out two defenders to bring the ball down to his feet before shooting to take the lead.

Srhoj then broke straight through clumsy defence in the 64th minute including a fumbling Mark Hughes to run almost half the field before drawing goalkeeper Pasfield and passing to an open Zahra to slot in.

Talay restored some pride to the men in green in the 84th minute with a penalty after Daal was brought down in the box by Colosimo.

North Queensland Fury (Daal 12, Talay 84)
Melbourne Heart(Babalj 50, Sibon 59, Zahra 64)
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