Marking the A-League's greatest ever goalscorer on debut would seem a baptism of fire for most defenders, however Sydney FC's new Dutch centre-back wasn't overly impressed by Besart Berisha, suggesting the Melbourne Victory striker was "nothing special".

The 28-year-old Jordy Buijs played his first competitive game in more than four months in Thursday night's 2-1 win over the Sky Blues' oldest rivals - and it took little time for him to spark a feud with this season's top marksman.

It began with a ninth minute shoving incident that triggered a heated response from the Albanian forward, who spent the remaining 81 minutes largely isolated at the arrowhead of Victory's attack.

The former Eredivisie regular was part of a central defensive pairing given the task of nullifying the threat of Berisha. Having man-marked him for 90 minutes, Buijs revealed the performance of his opponent didn't meet the hype.