Craig Goodwin scored a late winner from the spot as Adelaide United got here from two targets down on the street to say a 3-2 conquer Western United in a drama-filled A-League Males conflict.
The hosts had been flying at AAMI Park on Saturday when Noah Botic’s first-half opener and a rocket from Aleksandar Prijovic gave them a cushty lead, which they held previous the hour mark.
However three Adelaide targets in 18 minutes turned the match on its head, with Zach Clough pulling one again and Ryan Kitto tapping dwelling the equalizer from shut vary.
Socceroos hero Goodwin scored the Reds’ decisive aim within the 86th minute after Western defender Tomoki Imai’s pointless foul on Ben Halloran because the attacker ran away from aim.
The outcome helps strengthen Adelaide’s grasp on a top-six spot, whereas reigning champions Western are struggling close to the foot of the ladder with only one win in seven outings since Boxing Day.
There have been possibilities galore for each side in an entertaining contest.
Adelaide thought that they had the opener on 37 minutes when Louis D’Arrigo met Halloran’s cross and nodded dwelling.
However the aim was dominated out on evaluation, with Halloran caught offside within the build-up.
Western capitalized quickly afterwards, taking the lead within the 43rd minute when Neil Kilkenny’s pinpoint supply was met by Botic.
Adelaide goalkeeper Joe Gauci was caught quick as Botic headed dwelling his first ALM aim in his third begin, and devoted it to his late grandfather.
Prijovic doubled the lead three minutes after the interval when he unleashed a right-foot rocket from exterior the field.
Gauci received a hand to the highly effective shot however could not maintain it out.
The Reds nearly pulled a aim again when Western’s Connor O’Toole by chance flicked a Goodwin nook onto the crossbar.
Prijovic was booked for a crude problem on Javi Lopez and Adelaide lastly broke the house facet’s resistance when substitute Nestory Irankunda laid off a cross for Zach Clough to show dwelling within the 68th minute.
Halloran had a close-range shot denied by Western ‘keeper Jamie Younger and a foul by Leo Lacroix on Halloran close to the byline gave Adelaide one other likelihood.
Goodwin slammed his free kick from a good angle instantly onto the again put up and the rebound rolled again throughout the aim line to a ready Kitto, who turned within the 76th-minute equalizer.
Lacroix thought he had put Western again on prime when he poked dwelling from shut vary off Kilkenny’s free kick however the effort was instantly dominated out, with the massive defender offside.
The Reds’ winner got here 4 minutes from time, when Goodwin calmly despatched Younger the incorrect technique to full the turnaround.
