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The leaders snatched a 2-0 lead within 17 minutes but let their advantage slip before half-time amid a plethora of missed chances - before full-back Scott Galloway proved the hero with a masterful winner in the 73rd minute.
City opened the scoring after 14 minutes when Craig Noone slid a clever through-ball to an unchecked Connor Metcalfe, who ripped a delightful first-time strike home from a tight angle.
Three minutes later, Metcalfe released Scott Jamieson, whose squaring ball was turned into the net by Brisbane s Kai Trewin.
Noone appeared to handball in the lead-up but the goal stood.
Jamie Maclaren had a goal correctly ruled out for a handball in the 27th and, less than a minute later, Brisbane s Joey Champness cut inside and caressed a long-range shot past an outstretched Tom Glover, off the post and into the net.
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The Costa Rica international received the serious foul play ban from the independent match review panel for a challenge on Brisbane s Jay O Shea on April 28.
The three-game ban consists of the mandatory one-match suspension plus two additional games - with the Mariners appealing the latter part of the sanction.
Urena missed Sunday s 1-1 draw with Melbourne Victory through the mandatory suspension but he is currently also sidelined for clashes with Brisbane on May 12 and Newcastle on May 15.
Read More The Mariners will appeal the severity of the sanction based on similar challenges and the corresponding sanctions imposed in the past, Central Coast said in a statement.
Melbourne City emerged on top of the A-League table after an eight-game Matchweek 18 came to its conclusion on Wednesday night.
City drew with Macarthur FC on Saturday, April 24. The result sent Patrick Kisnorbo's side one point above both Central Coast Mariners - who took just one point from games against Sydney FC and Brisbane Roar - and the Sky Blues, who drew level with the Mariners after notching four points from two games in Matchweek 18.
Brisbane Roar to lose key defender Already rocked by the controversial departure of Scott McDonald, Brisbane Roar are also set to lose star defender Macaulay Gillesphey.
Sport by Marco Monteverde 27th Apr 2021 6:42 PM Brisbane Roar are set to lose star defender Macaulay Gillesphey after a breakdown in contract negotiations between the Englishman and the three-time A-League champions. The club s reigning player of the year has been a rock in the Roar s defence alongside skipper and fellow import Tom Aldred since joining Brisbane in 2019 from English fourth-tier outfit Carlisle United. But while Aldred signed a three-year contract extension in February, Gillesphey is set to move on at the end of the season due to his disappointment with the Roar s attempts to keep him.