| HARBOURSPORT |
| MELBOURNE VICTORY v SYDNEY FC Telstra Dome, Saturday 27th December 2008. |
| Photos by Michael Shillito |
| The Walk of Shame comes over the bridge |
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| Arrival of the Sydney fans |
| Pre-match warm-ups |
| The teams enter the arena |
| The Sydney FC diehards |
| The Coventry end is in maritime distress |
| A final pep talk before the game |
| Kick off |
| Shannon Cole gathers possession |
| Just a minute in, Sydney FC are off to a flying start |
| Steve Corica flies for a header |
| And in the blink of an eye, Sydney are already 2-0 up |
| And the Sydney FC fans go wild |
| Corica to Musialik |
| Despite clear weather outside, the roof was closed |
| Melbourne make their first attacking move |
| At 15 minutes, Melbourne gets one back |
| Robbie Middleby goes wide |
| An injury scare for Michael Theoklitos |
| Alex Brosque gets around Ryall |
| Sydney FC set the wall |
| Ivan Necevski goes up for the speckie |
| Billy Celeski takes a corner |
| A Victory shot goes wide |
| Robbie Middleby puts Allsopp under pressure |
| O When Sydney Goes Marching In |
| Melbourne continue to pepper the Sydney defence |
| A set play for Shannon Cole |
| Mark Bridge lines up a shot |
| Iain Fyfe cops a yellow card |
| Sydney FC hang on to their 2-1 half-time lead |
| Corica keeps Muscat at bay |
| Ivan Necevski restarts play |
| Hernandez takes a free kick |
| Alex Brosque takes a throw in |
| Mark Bridge fights to retain possession |
| An academy award performance |
| At 70 minutes, Melbourne equalise |
| John Aloisi checks in for Sydney FC |
| Brendan Gan traps the ball |
| Shannon Cole takes a corner |
| A blockbuster crowd was at the game |
| The blood rule sends Beau Busch off for running repairs |
| Victory scores and hits the front |
| Sydney search for an equaliser |
| Danny Allsopp goes down |
| An injury time bid to level the scores is denied |
| It's all over - Melbourne 3 Sydney 2 |