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MELBOURNE Heart is bottom of the A-League and remains winless after five games after throwing everything at Western Sydney only to walk away with a 1-0 defeat at AAMI Park.
Shannon Cole''s first half strike was the difference as Heart started and ended the game on top but in the end the resilient Wanderers proved why they are the toughest team to break down, climbing to the top of the table after recording their third win of the season.
Subs Nick Kalmar, Mate Dugandzic and Stefan Mauk helped deliver a 15-minute onslaught at the end in desperate search of an equaliser but the Wanderers held on in front of 8070 fans to remain undefeated.
MATCH CENTRE: HEART v WANDERERS
Despite Heart's barren start to the season fans couldn't complain with the team's desire as they were again unlucky not to find the back of the net, twice striking the woodwork and with two decent penalty appeals.
But that could change, with Heart facing a critical three-week stretch that includes winnable games against Sydney FC (home), Newcastle Jets (away) and Adelaide United (home).
Coach John Aloisi was off his chair urging his troops to find an equaliser in the dying stages and the best chance came from Dugandzic's clever looping header from Behich's cross that struck the underside of the bar.
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There were a series of half chances as Heart threw numbers into the box and surged forward.
But the Wanderers remained a threat at all times and Labinot Haliti and Tomi Juric both had chances to seal the match in the dying minutes, Juric forcing a brilliant save from Andrew Redmayne.
The first half was predictable, summing up both teams in a 45 minute nutshell.
Heart raced out of the blocks and dominated possession and territory for the opening 25 minutes and they had two half-chances to show for it.
The first came on 17 minutes when David Williams almost pounced on an errant Matthew Spiranovic backpass, the second eight minutes later when Michael Mifsud found the side netting from an Iain Ramsay through ball.
A minute later it was Redmayne who touched the ball with his hands for the first time of the night, and he was picking the ball out of the net.
Wanderers left back Adam D'Apuzzo ventured forward and delivered a beautiful cross that Rob Wielaert failed to adequately clear. It fell to Cole _ who replaced Mark Bridge and started in the unfamiliar right wing position _ to smash it home from close range on the second attempt after Aziz Behich blocked the first.
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Brendon Santalab missed a sitter in the 32nd minute to double the Wanderers lead but in his defence he had a split second to react after Spiranovic's header crashed back off the bar. Again it came from a well-worked Wanderers move with Shinji Ono supplying the cross.
Heart's best chance came from Williams' 20 metre strike that skimmed the crossbar five minutes before the break.
Heart again started strong in the second half with Williams sending in a dangerous cross in the 52nd minute that Spiranovic almost turned into his own net.
Rain started pelting down on the hour and Heart continued piling on the pressure as Mifsud's cross forced a goalline clearance from Jerome Polenz before Behich's long-range strike forced a good save from Covic.
Aloisi's attacking subs helped produce more chances but the elusive equaliser just wouldn't come.
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