Late Glory revival denies City
Captain Diego Castro scored in injury time to rescue a point for A-League leaders Perth Glory in a 2-2 draw away to Melbourne City.
The Spaniard let fly from distance with a shot which deceived City keeper Eugene Galekovic and completed the visitors' late revival.
Tony Popovic's side had trailed by two goals six minutes from time, but still managed to extend their unbeaten run to 12 games and increased their lead to six points at the top of the ladder.
They got back into the match when substitute Joel Chianese headed home a Jason Davidson cut-back, while Galekovic had had an outstanding match until being beaten by Castro's strike.
The keeper pulled off a pair of wonderful saves, one in each half, to deny first Chris Ikonomidis and then Andy Keogh.
City will be frustrated at their failure to hold on to their lead, despite having only 34 per cent of possession at AAMI Park and making 306 passes to Perth's 583.
The home side benefited from a controversial decision in the first half when referee Alex King gave a penalty against Shane Lowry for handball.
Lowry was bracing himself in a sliding challenge and had no chance of getting his arm out of the way of Florin Berenguer's cross, but the decision went against Perth.
Jamie Maclaren netted from the spot for his second goal of the game, making it five goals in his first four appearances for Warren Joyce's team.
The Socceroo had earlier given City the lead when he got between Matt Spiranovic and Lowry to head home a pinpoint Scott Jamieson cross.
Perth Glory are now 13/8 to win the Grand Final, while Andy Keogh is 5/2 to be top goalscorer in the A-League.
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Captain Diego Castro scored in injury time to rescue a point for A-League leaders Perth Glory in a 2-2 draw away to Melbourne City.
The Spaniard let fly from distance with a shot which deceived City keeper Eugene Galekovic and completed the visitors' late revival.
Tony Popovic's side had trailed by two goals six minutes from time, but still managed to extend their unbeaten run to 12 games and increased their lead to six points at the top of the ladder.
They got back into the match when substitute Joel Chianese headed home a Jason Davidson cut-back, while Galekovic had had an outstanding match until being beaten by Castro's strike.
The keeper pulled off a pair of wonderful saves, one in each half, to deny first Chris Ikonomidis and then Andy Keogh.
City will be frustrated at their failure to hold on to their lead, despite having only 34 per cent of possession at AAMI Park and making 306 passes to Perth's 583.
The home side benefited from a controversial decision in the first half when referee Alex King gave a penalty against Shane Lowry for handball.
Lowry was bracing himself in a sliding challenge and had no chance of getting his arm out of the way of Florin Berenguer's cross, but the decision went against Perth.
Jamie Maclaren netted from the spot for his second goal of the game, making it five goals in his first four appearances for Warren Joyce's team.
The Socceroo had earlier given City the lead when he got between Matt Spiranovic and Lowry to head home a pinpoint Scott Jamieson cross.
Perth Glory are now 13/8 to win the Grand Final, while Andy Keogh is 5/2 to be top goalscorer in the A-League.
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Source: bet365.com
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