Melbourne Victory have jumped off the bottom of the A-League Men's table and dented Wellington Phoenix's finals bid with a comeback 2-1 win at Sky Stadium.
Goals from Bruno Fornaroli and Damien Da Silva reeled in Wellington, who led on Saturday through in-form striker Oskar Zawada.
Da Silva made amends for his first-half blunder with a lion-hearted winner for Victory, breathing life into their flat season.
The French defender won a header at a 76th minute corner and then pounced on the loose ball to score past a stranded Oli Sail.
It remains to be seen whether Victory, wooden spoon contenders for the last few months, can salvage their campaign with a late run to the finals.
This win sealed their first back-to-back triumphs all season, leaving them three points off sixth-placed Sydney FC with five to play.
A few more late-season showings like this could keep Tony Popovic in the job for another campaign after he was linked with an early exit this week.
On their first visit to New Zealand in more than three years, Victory did it the hard way.
Zawada pounced for his 13th goal of a hugely impressive debut season in Australia, catching Victory's defence cold.
Connor Chapman, Josh Brillante and Damien Da Silva were all too indecisive, allowing Sam Sutton to punch a header forward and Zawada to nick in, sidefooting past the onrushing Paul Izzo after beating him to a 50-50 ball.
Zawada is enjoying a rich vein of form, scoring on his last five outings, and 10 from his last 11.
A dour contest came alive in the second half, when Izzo produced two stunning saves to his left.
The gloveman denied a venomous strike by Yan Sasse - who was allowed to glide into the box and shoot - and Steven Ugarkovic as Phoenix pressed for a second.
Those saves would be crucial, laying the platform for Victory's off-the-canvas win.
Fornaroli was on hand to head home Chris Ikonomidis' corner after 58 minutes, which was flicked on to the Uruguayan by Da Silva.
Substitute Lleyton Brooks had great chances to score after being played through twice, only for the pacy forward to fluff his efforts.
Victory were finishing the stronger, with Callan Elliot producing a goal-line clearance from Ben Folami's shot with Sail beaten.
From that corner, Da Silva produced his heroics, before running to the Victory bench and celebrating wildly.
The result leaves Wellington in fifth and in need of a form reversal after two straight losses if they are to secure their own finals place.
