Sydney FC have turned their season around with a thrilling win over Melbourne Victory. Source: Brett Hemmings / Getty Images
<b></b>NO ONE could call the A-League dull, not on nights like these. By the end of 90 minutes of bedlam, Sydney FC were bloodied but triumphant, staggering out of Allianz Stadium with a 3-2 win, three points and the Big Blue Cup to boot.
If all three Sydney goals bore a trace of luck, the fact the Sky Blues could still vanquish Melbourne Victory despite playing more than an hour with 10 men just gilded the drama of the night.
The remarkable thing was that the game fell a year to the Saturday since Sydney threw away a 2-0 lead to go down 3-2 to Victory, prompting the resignation of then coach Ian Crook - and both sides seemed hell-bent on marking the anniversary.
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For long periods it felt like the Easter circus had come to Moore Park at the wrong time of year, with clownish antics across both defences. As early as the third minute Vedran Janjetovic's goalkick was inadvertantly flicked on by Victory captain Mark Milligan - much to the surprise of his defenders, who watched in bemusement as Ricahrd Garcia ran unchallenged onto the ball, nudged it wide of Nathan Coe's charge and steered the ball into the empy net.
First blood Sydney, and soon there was real plasma on show - Brett Emerton's corner was met with a headed clearance by Adama Traore but straight into the face of Seb Ryall, bloodying his nose and breaking a tooth but also sending the ball soaring into the Victory net.
As Ryall was treated on the sidelines it was his teammates who were left metaphorically red-faced, caught out almost from the restart. Traore's careful lofted pass down the inside left allowed Connor Pain to burn Tiago Calvan for speed and cross low into the box, where Archie Thompson sidefooted home with glee.
All this before 20 minutes were up, but the cabaret was far from over. With 26 minutes gone Mitch Nicholls essayed a gorgeous pass for Pain to get goalside of Marc Warren, who haplessly yanked the Victory striker to the floor. Horribly exposed yet again, Warren's red card was almost humane.
To augment Sydney's bewilderment, James Troisi struck the resultant freekick from 20m and watched it deflect off Ryall's heel, wrongfoot Janjetovic and hit the back of the net.
The Sky Blues were in disarray, and just past the half hour a mesmerising Victory move ended with Nicholls' elegant chipped pass to put Milligan clear, only for the Victory captain to volley wide. More chaos followed as Sydney tried to play out from the back but floundered horribly, forcing Janjetovic to tip aside a rebound.
But incredibly Victory then lined up to shoot themselves in the foot. Thompson's lofted pass to the far side of the penalty area was towards one of the shortest men on the pitch, yet Pablo Contrerras simply leapt on top of Del Piero to concede a baffling penalty. Del Piero himself drove it into the bottom corner.
The slapstick went on with Janjetovic fluffing a clearance only for Pain to equally mess up a free shot at goal. On 62 minutes Nicholls carved Sydney open again but Thompson elected to cross instead of shoot, allowing Thiago to make a desperate clearance.
To Sydney's credit they ran themselves into the ground to nullify the numerical disadvantage, with Petkovic a tower of strength. When Thompson did escape, he shot a fraction wide with the goal gaping, but on the break Abbas came close to sealing it with a fine curling effort.
Five minutes of stoppage time was agonising for the home support but finally the triumph was secure.
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