CENTRAL Coast Mariners are ruing a split second loss of concentration that handed Victory a share of the points with the last kick of the game.
The Mariners drew 2-2 with 10-men Melbourne after Matt Simon's brace was negated with a double from Archie Thompson, including a goal in the last moment of the game.
"You have to play until the last minute, against a team like Melbourne, it doesn’t matter if they have nine men, ten men or eleven men, you can’t take your foot off the pedal," said Mariners Football Manager Lawrie McKinna after the match.
"With twenty seconds to go we just switched off and you can’t do that.
"Before the game, we thought that we had a lot of boys out and a point would be good against the table topping team
"But we believed we could get three and going away with one is a bit hard to take."
He added: "Even though we got a point it feels like a loss.
"We just need to take the positives out of that – take that into the game against Perth next week and try to get three points."
"You have to play until the last minute, against a team like Melbourne, it doesn’t matter if they have nine men, ten men or eleven men, you can’t take your foot off the pedal," said Mariners Football Manager Lawrie McKinna after the match.
"With twenty seconds to go we just switched off and you can’t do that.
"Before the game, we thought that we had a lot of boys out and a point would be good against the table topping team
"But we believed we could get three and going away with one is a bit hard to take."
He added: "Even though we got a point it feels like a loss.
"We just need to take the positives out of that – take that into the game against Perth next week and try to get three points."
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