Perth Glory captain Natasha Rigby’s maiden A-League Ladies’s objective has been canceled out by a late penalty as Western Sydney snatched a 1-1 draw at Macedonia Park.
Enjoying her 90th match, Rigby broke the impasse within the 54th minute on Sunday to place Glory on observe for what would have been their fifth straight win.
However when Wanderers striker Sophie Harding was introduced down within the field by Glory goalkeeper Morgan Aquino within the 80th minute, Amy Harrison stepped as much as convert the penalty.
Glory striker Cyera Hintzen had the prospect to win it in stoppage time when the ball sailed to her on the far put up however hit the prospect broad of the goal.
The end result lowered the hole between sixth-placed Glory and fourth-placed Melbourne Victory to 4 factors.
Glory, who’ve 5 matches remaining, nonetheless have a recreation in hand on the defending champions.
However Perth can be left kicking themselves after letting factors slip in opposition to the eighth-placed Wanderers, who stored their very own finals hopes alive with a deserved level on the highway.
The Wanderers had the higher of the alternatives within the first half, firing 14 pictures to 5 and having fun with 56 % possession.
Harding despatched an early warning by placing the woodwork from lengthy vary within the second minute, and had one other shot saved within the 29th.
Perth discovered their groove early within the second half, and it was Rigby who was the shock objective scorer.
Rigby attacked a unfastened ball and accomplished an ideal one-two move with Alana Jancevski earlier than firing in her shot.
The sport took one other flip when Harding was introduced down simply as she was about to attain.
The Wanderers transformed the penalty, then survived a few late scares to safe the draw.
Western Sydney ended the match with 25 pictures, however solely three had been on course.
