For the second week in a row Mariners coach Lawrie McKinna felt his side dropped two points.

"Over the 90 minutes a draw is a fair result but after getting two chances like that it's two points lost," he said.

McKinna has been left to wonder what might have been, after watching his side miss the chance to snatch what would have been a dramatic last gasp victory over Sydney FC.
 
Adam Kwasnik saw his penalty agonizingly saved by Clint Bolton in injury time, and Bolton came to Sydney's rescue again seconds later to deny Dylan Macallister one-on-one.
 
"We were very confident, if we pick up by 10-20 percent we would have gone on and won the game," McKinna said.
 
"As the game went on we slowly went into it and having a penalty in the 90th minute then another golden chance, you'd expect one of those to go on and win the game.
 
"Because of the two golden chances, it's two points lost at the finish. Over 90 minutes it was probably a fair result, but at the end, the way the game panned out, we've lost two points.
 
"It was there to be won after (Adam) Kwasnik's (penalty), then McGlinchey has set up another great chance for Dylan and while Dylan's hit it well enough, Bolton has earned his money, he pulled off a few great saves," McKinna said.
 
Despite being forced to settle for a draw, McKinna could take plenty of positives out of the way his side learned from the mistakes of last week against Newcastle.
 
"At half time we felt we were average, we didn't think we were doing that well, but we were well in the game, whereas last week we totally dominated and had nothing at half time. I wouldn't say Sydney dominated, but we didn't do that well, but we were still in the game.
 
"We're not Barcelona, we can't go out and always keep the ball, we had an off night in that way, but Danny made one great save with his hand, a good reflex save, and one long range shot from Bridge. That's all he had to do all night. Can you imagine how good we'd be if we did keep the ball?" Said McKinna.

Defence was a major problem for the Mariners during a horror end to last season but the second week in succession Central Coast looked strong at the back.

Captain Alex Wilkinson said his side's biggest problem was retaining possession.

"We can't keep giving the ball away," he said.

"We were pretty flat in the first half and kept giving them the ball but we can take some positives out of it. In the end a draw was probably a fair result."