Macarthur’s Luke Brattan saw his early attempt blocked by the Cong An Ha Noi defence while Chris Ikonomidis worked the ball onto his right foot only to shoot wide from 20 yards in the 18th minute.

But 12 minutes later Cong An Ha Noi took the lead. Adou Minh dispossessed Ikonomidis 25 yards from goal and the ball broke into the path of Van Do, who swept his right foot shot into the far corner, beyond the dive of Filip Kurto.

Alan Grafite tried his luck from outside the area moments later but could only find the hands of Kurto while Vitao forced the Macarthur goalkeeper into action, diving to his right to keep out a low attempt by the Brazilian after he had cut in from the left.

The visitors almost pulled level in the last minute of the half when Dean Bosnjak, on as a substitute for the injured Ikonomidis, bent in a cross from the right that Sime Grzan met with a firm downward heard, but the ball bounced the wrong side of the post.

Grzan launched a 35 yard strike high over the bar as the hour mark approached while Grafite was inches away from adding a second for the home side, pulling his left foot shot across the face of goal after being played behind the defence by Nguyen Dinh Bac.

With 14 minutes remaining Macarthur pulled level. Brattan delivered a perfect corner towards the centre of the penalty area and Uskok rose unchallenged to power his header past Filip Nguyen.