Double trouble as Juric lifts Wanderers to the top Marcelo Carrusca, right, the sole scorer for Adelaide United, fights for possession with Brendon Santalab of the Wanderers last night Source: Getty Images Tomi Juric of the Wanderers and Nigel Boogaard of Adelaide contest possession during the round four A-League match last night Source: Getty Images Wanderers fans celebrate last night at their home ground in Parramatta Source: Getty Images TOMI Juric came back to haunt his old club, emerging as a match-winner for Western Sydney after scoring both goals in the Wanderers come-from-behind win against Adelaide United in a controversial game at Pirtek Stadium last night. The young striker can count himself lucky he was to still on the park to weave his magic following a nasty incident in the first half. One of the best young talents in the country, the 22-year-old lifted the Wanderers out of trouble with a superb individual goal to level the scores in the 60th minute before clinching all three points with a header in the 80th minute. The win pushed Western Sydney to the top of the table, putting the Red and Blacks on nine points and overtaking Brisbane Roar. But all the talk surrounded Tomic's double and how he managed to still be on the field after a terrible tackle on Isaias Sanchez just minutes before half time. He lunged late and came from behind with his studs up, leaving the United midfielder writhing in agony. He was shown a yellow card by referee Jarred Gillett but the consensus was he got off very lightly and was lucky not to be shown a straight red. Teammate Jerome Polenz was also lucky not to be sent off after an awful tackle on Awer Mabil in the second half, later described as "a heavy tackle" by United's Spanish coach Josep Gombau. "I don't think Juric should have been sent off ... this is football, but I don't want to talk about these things," Gombau said. I want to talk about football. The Spaniard did believe that there was a hand ball in the lead-up to Juric's first goal and that it should not have been allowed. Social media was agog with talk about the two tackles, particularly Polenz's challenge that was studs up and caught Mabil on the knee. Wanderers coach Tony Popovic said he did not see either tackle and refused to criticise Tomic. "He has a lot of passion and drive and you have to love that enthusiasm but maybe sometimes he gets too excited," he said. But you can't get that out of a young player overnight. He is still young and still learning. Still, Tomic was great value for Western Sydney, showing why he is regarded as one of the most exciting attackers in the country. The double was perfect timing for Juric with Ange Postecoglou to name his first Socceroos squad on Wednesday for a friendly later this month against Costa Rica. Juric has already had a taste of international football under previous coach Holger Osieck and now he is likely to get another chance in the green and gold. Asked about Juric's Socceroos hopes, Popovic said he still had a long way to go. "In all honesty, he didn't play well tonight so he needs to fix a few things," he said. You'd have to ask Ange about whether he will be in the Socceroos squad. Popovic was delighted with the fight and determination his side showed in fighting back against a good Adelaide unit. "We started really well but maybe they got a bit anxious when we hadn't scored in the first 30 minutes," he said. But they lifted after Adelaide scored first and showed what they're made of. It wasn't a good night all round for United. The players were forced to walk 800m to the ground from their Parramatta hotel after the bus failed to come to pick them up. Typically of Popovic, always one to come up with something left-field, he elected to rest defensive midfielder Mateo Poljak, who made way for the return of Aaron Mooy. Mooy missed last week's win over Sydney FC in the derby because of concussion but Popovic had no hesitation rushing him back into the starting line-up with Poljak not even making the bench. It had little affect on the Wanderers, who started strongly. The red and blacks were finding a lot of space down both flanks and certainly tested the Adelaide defence, but it was Shinji Ono's set pieces that really had the visitor backpeddling at times. WESTERN SYDNEY 2 (Tomi Juric 60m, 80m) ADELAIDE UNITED 1 (Marcelo Carrusca 54m) at Pirtek Stadium in Parramatta.