Former Socceroos Robbie Slater and Robbie Cornthwaite have taken aim at the contentious penalty awarded to Syria in their 3-2 Asian Cup loss to Australia.
Syria was given a dubious penalty when one of their players fell over, possibly tripped by a teammate, in the box.
Omar Al Somah stepped up and slotted the spot kick to make it 2-2.
After the match Cornthwaite said: "The pictures speak for themselves. There wasnāt anyone even near him.
"They were desperate towards the end. Thereās no intent there, heās never going to get to the ball. In the end Australia probably did enough to earn the three points."
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Hereās the penalty incident, probably given for the ātripā near the edge of the box. #AUSvSYR pic.twitter.com/F2ofHovuPK
ā Neil Sherwin (@neilsherwin) January 15, 2019
Slater described the second half of the match as "crazy".
"I thought they had a penalty with the Milligan handball ā the one they got was farcical ā but job done,ā he said.
"Two wins in a row now but weāve got to improve. Weāve got to be more lethal and clinical in the front third."
After the game Socceroos coach Graham Arnold admitted he had no idea why the controversial penalty was awarded.
"No [I donāt have any idea] but Iāll leave that up to you guys," he said.
"I havenāt seen a replay of it, but it made the last five minutes exciting."
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