Sydney FC leapt into the A-League's top four with an amazing, come-from-behind 5-4 victory over a 10-man Central Coast Mariners at Gosford tonight.
In front of a record crowd of 17,514, Sydney twice came from behind in their postponed round 15 match.
The visitors recovered from an early two-goal deficit and again fought back late to grab an injury time penalty to Ufuk Talay to catapult them past Adelaide United into fourth spot.
Sydney trailed 3-2 after 63 minutes, led 4-3 after 76 when replacement Brendon Santalab volleyed home and finally grabbed the winner after the Mariners had levelled with just four minutes remaining.
After leading 2-0 after 15 minutes, the Mariners lost goalkeeper Danny Vukovic when he hand-balled under pressure from striker Alex Brosque.
Source – SMH
