Central Coast might have held onto a 2-2 draw after a critical second-half problem from Newcastle, however Mariners coach Mark Jackson can solely see it as a defeat.
The Mariners have been on the entrance foot of their A-League Males derby at Industree Group Stadium on Saturday, with Nathan Paull opening their account within the thirty ninth minute earlier than Abdul Faisal added one other within the fiftieth minute.
Lachie Rose got here off the bench within the 54th minute and scored lower than 5 minutes later to start the Jets’ comeback, with Mark Natta discovering the equaliser throughout the last three minutes of regulation time.
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The Mariners ought to have already been out of the woods earlier than Natta’s header objective, when a superb by ball from Alou Kuol landed on the toes of Mikael Doka.
However Doka squandered the prospect, hitting the put up within the 86th minute.
With former title-winning Mariners and Socceroos coach Graham Arnold a spectator, Central Coast got six minutes of added time to revive their lead, however they’d misplaced their composure.
“It looks like a defeat,” Jackson mentioned.
“To be main 2-1 and make the form of selections we did at that second in time – it’s loopy. That’s value us the sport.
“Our goal is to get into the finals. That’s our goal.
“At this second in time, I can’t take something constructive from the sport. I’m certain there can be.
“There’s a little bit of anger in there from me as properly, as a result of I knew the boys put themselves into an awesome place to win.”
The draw snaps a run of six-straight derby wins by the Mariners.
It’s the first time Newcastle have averted defeat in 11 derby video games, relationship again to December 2022.
Ninth-placed Central Coast will at the least stroll away with their undefeated streak prolonged to 4 video games.
Rob Stanton’s Newcastle stay eleventh after accepting their second 2-2 draw.
“We’ve obtained a powerful heartbeat,” Stanton mentioned.
“In the present day, we confirmed an amazing character to return from behind.
“There’s loads of factors up for grabs. There’s heaps of factors nonetheless to be gained there.”
The Jets ought to have opened the scoring within the seventeenth minute when Clayton Taylor plucked the ball off Mariners defender Trent Sainsbury to arrange teammate Daniel Wilmering.
However Wilmering despatched the ball throughout the face of objective from point-blank vary.
It was slack defending from the Jets that allowed Christian Theoharus to dribble in direction of objective untagged and pull off a cutback for Paull’s opener.
Kostandinos Grozos started a gorgeous chain down the center that ended on the toes of Taylor within the forty fourth minute, however the Jets winger couldn’t apply the final touch and despatched the ball straight to Mariners keeper Dylan Peraic-Cullen.
The hosts discovered their second objective when Jets keeper Ryan Scott couldn’t get a glove on a looping ball from new recruit Faisal.
Arthur De Lima scurried in direction of objective to make sure the ball went over the road, however former Perth Glory expertise Faisal was finally credited on the scoresheet.
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