Two controversial refereeing decisions, accompanied by farcically long VAR reviews, have cost Central Coast dearly as the Mariners suffered a dramatic 3-2 loss to Melbourne City that sent the champions back to the top of the A-League Men table.
The Mariners were denied what appeared to be a clear penalty, and a chance to equalise at the death, after Mathew Leckie stepped on Lewis Miller's foot. That followed Melbourne City's first-half equaliser coming courtesy of a contentious penalty call against Kye Rowles.
