Pressure showing on petulant Kewell Harry Kewell and coach John Aloisi after the team lost to Melbourne Victory. On the two occasions Harry Kewell has been fit enough to start for Melbourne Heart this season he has been greeted - not warmly - by the supporters most aggrieved to see him back in the A-League: those of his former club Melbourne Victory. The second of them came on Saturday night as he strived to lead Heart, stricken in last place in the ladder and without a win in its first 10 matches of this year and the last five matches of last season. The reason Kewell, and Heart supporters, should nevertheless have felt optimistic was the Melbourne derby trait of prevailing form not being a significant factor. In the 10 preceding derbies, the teams had three wins each, and only once were they separated by more than one goal. Kewell's performance in that opening match of this season, which finished goalless, was all the former Socceroos' great had to hang his hat on in his comeback season. He was a class below in pace but a class above in his use of the ball. The 35-year-old started this match in the same vein. Within the first 15 minutes he had produced two outstanding passes, the second from on the wing diagonally inside to teammate Michael Mifsud well inside the box, but an angle too tight for even a renowned poacher. But soon after, Kewell's night turned sour because of the undue emphasis he placed on what he regarded as mistreatment from the referee. The veteran's dribbling was hindered by a clumsy tackling attempt from Victory defender Adama Traore, who grazed Kewell's chest with his raised foot. Rather than play on - he still had possession - and complain afterwards, Kewell stopped. Miffed that his demand for retribution was not heeded by referee Ben Williams, he sought revenge of his own on Traore with an irate challenge, for which he was lucky to escape a booking. It was a sign his focus was awry. Kewell's ball use remained good but with no one to feed up front - Mifsud was sacrificed for a defender after an early Heart red card - he had to do more on his own. The closest he got to his first goal in the red and white came eight minutes after the break, when he held off Traore inside the box and threaded a shot through his legs, but too wide to threaten. Within 10 minutes, Victory got its decisive second goal, prompting Heart coach John Aloisi to withdraw Kewell after 61 minutes - seven fewer than he lasted in round one - to a chorus of boos from Victory supporters. As Kewell reached the bench he was offered consolation by his coaches but it had little effect as he slumped into his chair on the sideline. He had been frustrated with the referee all night. But at that point, he looked as if he was frustrated by a lot more, not least himself and his team's plight.