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A stoppage-time penalty from Jamie Maclaren earned Melbourne City a 1-1 draw in a pulsating A-League clash with Sydney FC at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday.
Kosta Barbarouses put Sydney ahead in the 54th minute and the Sky Blues were the better side in the first half but City dominated the final third of the game.
The result left City in second on the ladder while Sydney are fourth.
In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Sydney captain Alex Wilkinson fouled former teammate Marco Tillio, with the offence confirmed by VAR.
It was up to the eighth minute of added time when Maclaren sent Sydney goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne the wrong way with a powerful spot-kick.
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Sydney FC star Milos Ninkovic has burned Macarthur a second time after scoring against the A-League team he almost joined.
Macarthur coach Ante Milicic has lauded the class of would-be signing Ninkovic after he burned the Bulls again, netting a vital goal for Sydney FC in their 3-0 win at Campbelltown Stadium.
Earlier in the week, Ninkovic admitted he’d been close to signing with the A-League’s newest franchise at the end of 2019 after a meeting with Milicic.
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Earlier in the week, Ninkovic admitted he d been close to signing with the A-League s newest franchise at the end of 2019 after a meeting with coach Ante Milicic.
He eventually re-signed with the Sky Blues instead.
And in a dramatic game in which there was an hour-long delay at halftime, Ninkovic reminded the Bulls just what they had missed out on.
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In the 76th minute, the Sky Blues were leading 1-0 when Ninkovic slipped through the defence and slotted in what was effectively the deciding goal.
It capped off a rough night for the Bulls that started when they lost their skipper Mark Milligan to a red card in the 21st minute when he took down Trent Buhagiar with a wild kick.