Brighton goalkeeper Mat Ryan pulled off two penalty shootout saves as Australia knocked out Uzbekistan to progress to the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup.
Australia were off colour for much of the last-16 tie against a team ranked a lowly 95th in the world.
And with both sides failing to break the deadlock over 120 minutes, the match went to penalties.
Ryan, the first-choice regular at the AMEX Stadium, then denied the Uzbekistan pair of Islom Tukhtakhujaev and Marat Bikmaev to seal a 4-2 shootout victory for the holders.
Australia will now face the United Arab Emirates or Kyrgyzstan for a place in the last four.
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