Another late collapse by Western Sydney Wanderers left coach Markus Babbel declaring his team "can't defend", as they lost 4-3 to Melbourne City.
Wanderers slumped to a club-record sixth defeat in a row at AAMI Park, despite having led with six minutes to go.
Babbel's side had Keanu Baccus sent off on 66 minutes for a second bookable offence when they were 3-2 up.
They held out for a while but ultimately continued a worrying trend of falling to late goals as Ritchie De Laet equalised and Bart Schenkeveld headed home a 94th-minute winner.
Wanderers succumbed to an 86th-minute goal in losing 2-1 to Melbourne Victory in Round 11 and conceded twice in the last eight minutes to suffer a 3-2 defeat to Wellington.
They've scored three goals in consecutive games, but both times come away empty-handed, having shipped three goals in the final 11 minutes in their previous match against leaders Perth Glory.
Speaking after the City loss, which left his side with just nine points from 15 games, Babbel said: "We can't defend, it's very simple. If you watch all the games where we concede, it's too easy.
"When you concede four goals it's difficult. We scored three goals, we had great opportunities to finish the game but we couldn't score...and we lose."
Baccus' misplaced pass inside the opening minute was seized upon by De Laet as Wanderers made the worst possible start.
Babbel said: "We're always making mistakes, we can't concentrate over 90 minutes. A lot of the time we're not seeing the danger, we're not good in challenges and we're losing our 50/50 balls because we're not strong enough."
Western Sydney are 25/1 to finish in the A-League top six.
Wanderers are 5/1 to finish bottom of the league.
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Another late collapse by Western Sydney Wanderers left coach Markus Babbel declaring his team "can't defend", as they lost 4-3 to Melbourne City.
Wanderers slumped to a club-record sixth defeat in a row at AAMI Park, despite having led with six minutes to go.
Babbel's side had Keanu Baccus sent off on 66 minutes for a second bookable offence when they were 3-2 up.
They held out for a while but ultimately continued a worrying trend of falling to late goals as Ritchie De Laet equalised and Bart Schenkeveld headed home a 94th-minute winner.
Wanderers succumbed to an 86th-minute goal in losing 2-1 to Melbourne Victory in Round 11 and conceded twice in the last eight minutes to suffer a 3-2 defeat to Wellington.
They've scored three goals in consecutive games, but both times come away empty-handed, having shipped three goals in the final 11 minutes in their previous match against leaders Perth Glory.
Speaking after the City loss, which left his side with just nine points from 15 games, Babbel said: "We can't defend, it's very simple. If you watch all the games where we concede, it's too easy.
"When you concede four goals it's difficult. We scored three goals, we had great opportunities to finish the game but we couldn't score...and we lose."
Baccus' misplaced pass inside the opening minute was seized upon by De Laet as Wanderers made the worst possible start.
Babbel said: "We're always making mistakes, we can't concentrate over 90 minutes. A lot of the time we're not seeing the danger, we're not good in challenges and we're losing our 50/50 balls because we're not strong enough."
Western Sydney are 25/1 to finish in the A-League top six.
Wanderers are 5/1 to finish bottom of the league.
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Source: bet365.com