Little more than a year after earning the boos of his own fans, striker John Aloisi was hailed a hero after his match-winning double gave Sydney a vital 3-2 A-League win over the Perth Glory.
Aloisi's 87th-minute winner at Parramatta Stadium kept Sydney in the race for the A-League minor premiership, moving them to within two points of leaders Melbourne ahead of their blockbuster final-round showdown next Sunday.
Sydney's hopes looked to be dashed after striker Daniel McBreen had equalised for Perth in the 79th-minute to make it 2-2 on a miserable afternoon in western Sydney.
But Aloisi steered a header home from Stephan Keller's cross in the dying minutes to have a 8359 vocal fans chanting his name.
The performance was a far cry from the scenes at the Sydney Football Stadium late last season, when Aloisi was booed from the field after one of the misses of the season in a 4-1 loss to the Glory.
