Western Sydney Wanderers 2 Newcastle Jets 2: Nabbout stunner earns point

Newcastle Jets missed an opportunity to extra consolidate 2nd living in the A-League despite Andrew Nabbout scoring a stunner in a 2-2 design in opposition to Western Sydney Wanderers that included a pair of key VAR uses.

Nabbout’s pretty cease into the tip-left corner earned the Jets a portion of the spoils in opposition to the Wanderers – who were awarded a 2nd penalty of the match following a controversial handball decision – nevertheless unprecedented extended their advantage over third-positioned Melbourne City to 5 parts, while leaders Sydney FC now protect an 11-point advantage.

Western Sydney had what they thought turned into once the opener chalked off when Chris Ikonomidis turned into once adjudged offside following a video review, nevertheless Nikolai Topor-Stanley’s block on Marcelo Carrusca enabled Oriol Riera to slot home from the jam three minutes later.

After Nigel Boogaard seen his header advance aid off the bar, Dimitri Petratos bought Newcastle diploma with a glorious strike into the tip-unprecedented corner in the Forty eighth minute.

Referee Peter Inexperienced awarded a 2nd jam-kick when he deemed Topor-Stanley handled a ricochet in the condo and, after checking pictures of the incident, upheld the choice and Riera transformed his 2nd of the match from 12 yards.

It took unprecedented Eighty seconds for the Jets to revive parity, even though. Nabbout dribbled in from the unprecedented and curled a marvellous effort with the exterior of his unprecedented foot inner the a ways submit.

It regarded appreciate Jason Hoffman had stumbled on Newcastle a winner three minutes later, nevertheless the aim turned into once ruled out for a detestable on Vedran Janjetovic, who pushed the ball inner his maintain fetch below stress from the unprecedented-aid.

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— NEWCASTLE JETS FC (@NewcastleJetsFC) February 16, 2018