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Justin Chadwick

Glory farewell Macedonia Park with 2-1 win over Bulls

Adam Taggart with the ball after scoring the equaliser for Perth Glory in their win over Macarthur. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Perth Glory have scored two goals in the space of five minutes to secure a 2-1 come-from-behind victory against Macarthur in their Macedonia Park farewell.

Macarthur grabbed the lead against the run of play through Lachlan Rose in the 43rd minute of Saturday night's match.

But Glory hit back in devastating fashion in the second half, with headed goals from Adam Taggart and defender Mark Beevers in the 69th and 74th minutes sending the home crowd into raptures.

The win lifted Glory into seventh spot, just one point behind sixth-placed Sydney FC with four rounds remaining.

The result also marked the perfect farewell to Glory's temporary home ground of Macedonia Park.

Glory finished with five wins, four draws, and just one loss from their 10 appearances at the stadium, which was being used while HBF Park was being upgraded for the women's World Cup.

Perth enjoyed 61 possession in the first half and had the best looks on goal, but it was Macarthur who went into the break with a 1-0 lead courtesy of some Rose magic.

Rose evaded a couple of Glory defenders before drilling a low left-foot strike to beat diving goalkeeper Cameron Cook.

It was a cruel blow for Glory after they had created a series of good chances.

Taggart had a close-range shot well blocked by goalkeeper Filip Kurto in the third minute.

Perth midfielder Aaron McEneff limped off in the 21st minute with a leg injury, but the setback didn't halt Glory's momentum.

Taggart's 22nd-minute volley flew just wide of the target, and Keegan Jelacic thought he had opened the scoring in the 33rd minute when he chested down a lofted pass and calmly placed his shot past the goalkeeper.

A VAR review found Jelacic was well offside, with the goal subsequently ruled out.

Rose's goal, which was Macarthur's only shot on target for the first half, sucked the life out of the crowd, but it didn't take long until they were pumping again.

Kurto sent a scare into the Macarthur camp in the 55th minute when he crashed heavily into the upright while rushing back to save a floating strike from Jacob Muir.

The goalkeeper eventually got up and was able to play on, but he could do little to stop headers from Taggart and Beevers.

Taggart headed home from point-blank range at the far post - and crashed into Kurto in the process - following a pinpoint cross from Ryan Williams.

Beevers gave Glory the lead five minutes later when he rose high between two defenders to head home Jacob Dowse's cross.

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