Newcastle Jets
Mark Birighitti – 7.5: Saved Maclaren’s penalty but unluckily conceded from his second effort. Made a stunning save to deny Lustica a probable winner. Man of the match.
Jason Hoffman – 4.5: Ended up being pinned back much of the time but may some promising forays forward late-on. North found space to score on his flank.
Daniel Mullen – 6.5: Had to be solid alongside Boogaard and worked hard to stay in shape. Reasonable night.
Nigel Boogaard – 6.5: Decent shift from the skipper but won’t be pleased with conceding two. He and Mullen were quite disciplined despite sitting deep.
Nick Cowburn – 4.5: Walked a tightrope by making contact with Borello in the box, and paid the price. A last-ditch challenge on Borello at the start of the second period was vastly different, goal-saving even.
Steven Ugarkovic – 5.5: He and Poljak had their work cut out.
A-League – What We Learned – Brisbane Roar 2 Newcastle Jets 2
Mateo Poljak – 6.5: Was a constant in midfield but needlessly picked up a booking and, at that, a suspension. Did some good defensive scrambling and hit the post with a curling effort.
Mitch Cooper – 7: Scored his first goal for Newcastle by heading home an excellent cross from Trifunovic. Replaced by Nordstrand at half time.
Enver Alivodic – 6.5: Teed up the well positioned Cooper with an excellent delivery from the right for the equaliser. However, a desperate lunge resulted in the concession of the Roar’s second.
Leonardo – 7: Saw plenty of the ball and kept the Roar midfield accountable.
Milos Trifunovic – 6.5: Calmly tucked away the mind-boggling penalty given away by Brown.
Substitutes
Morten Nordstrand – 6: Appears to be a good get for the Jets. Looked forwards whenever he received possession.
Ben Kantarovski – 5: Made a near-calamitous error late on but redeemed the situation with an excellent tackle.
Lachlan Jackson – 3.5: Involved in the same incident as Kantarovski.
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