Once more Australia were reduced to 10 men when Harry Kewell, who was only playing because of Tim Cahill's suspension against Germany handled Jonathan Mensah's shot on the line. It was a harsh decision and gave Ghana their second spot kick of the tournament, which Asamoah Gyan converted just as he did against Serbia. 

However, their keeper, Richard Kingson would have hoped for a second to wipe out a miserable error which saw him palm Mark Bresciano's free-kick straight to Brett Holman. Australia showed far more fight than they had in their opening match at Durban and Ghana's failure to break through for a second may have costly consequences.