Perth Glory have been denied by the crossbar in the dying minutes in their 1-1 draw with Wellington Phoenix at Macedonia Park.
Glory striker David Williams opened the scoring in the 22nd minute of Friday night's match with a classy header, but Phoenix forward Oskar Zawada levelled it up in the 31st minute.
Perth had a late chance to snare all three points, but Luke Ivanovic's 88th-minute header under pressure struck the crossbar.
The result lifted Wellington (11 points) to fifth, while Glory (seven) remain last.
The Phoenix entered the match undermanned after Ben Waine and Tim Payne were ruled out with illness, while Ben Old (hernia) joined Finn Surman (shoulder) and Oskar van Hattum (adductor) on the sidelines.
Some Glory fans in the 3977 crowd were streaming out of the stadium as part of a league-wide protest when David Williams opened the scoring.
Salim Khelifi fired in the cross and Williams glanced the header on target from the slightest of angles to send the home fans into raptures.
The lead lasted less than 10 minutes, with the Phoenix rewarded for a wonderful piece of team play.
A charging Bozhidar Kraev dished off a pass to Yan Sasse, whose deft touch put the ball into the path of Zawada.
The Polish striker made no mistake with the finish, sliding the ball past goalkeeper Liam Reddy to level the scores.
Zawada almost scored a second goal in the 36th minute, only for his powerful volley to be well saved by Reddy.
Glory's Aaron McEneff unleashed a 30-yard floating strike on the stroke of half-time, but Phoenix goalkeeper Oliver Sail managed to palm it away in unconvincing fashion.
Neither side could find a winner in the second half, with Ivanovic's late header the closest chance.
