Melbourne City have turned in one of their worst performances of the season, after Newcastle Jets comfortably defeated them 2-1 at Hunter Stadium.
Newcastle were rewarded a questionable spot kick when Jack Clisby was adjudged to have handle the ball when Jason Hoffman struck a fierce left-footed shot.
Milos Trifunovic stepped up and calmly dispatched the ball past a helpless Thomas Sorensen.
On 64 minutes another highly debatable went against City when Jacob Melling was shown a straight red after a foul on Morten Nordstrand, with the referee deciding he was the last man and had a clean route to goal.
Eight minutes later the Jets doubled their advantage, following an inch-perfect pass from Nordstrand that Trifunovic calmly stroked home past Sorensen.
City set up a nervy finale for the remaining 10 minutes when he headed in his 15th goal of the campaign from a lovely Nick Fitzgerald cross.
Here are some of the best reactions from Twitter:
Wonder what David Carney is thinking… #NEWvMCY #SBSALEAGUE
— Matt Connellan (@MattConnellan) February 7, 2016
Franjic has had one of the worst games i have ever seen from him #NEWvMCY
— Johnny (@FilaJohn) February 7, 2016
Best 90 minutes @NewcastleJetsFC have played in a long time – don’t miss us ya at all carney good riddance #NEWvMCY
— Cal Wade (@calllwade) February 7, 2016
Well this result sets up next week nicely. Bring on the #MelbDerby #NEWvMCY
— Steve Horvat (@Steve_Horvat) February 7, 2016
Jacob Melling just doing Jacob Melling things #NEWvMCY
— Nat Martin (@N_Martin8) February 7, 2016
Big call that! Think the ref got it right, would have been clean through on goal. #NEWvMCY
— David Moore (@morteinmooie) February 7, 2016
Foul but never a red card wtf #NEWvMCY
— Billy (@billyn123) February 7, 2016
Can’t argue with that one. Terrible defending #NEWvMCY
— Matt (@Mattys123) February 7, 2016
Absolutely worse refereeing ever @ALeague #NEWvMCY
— Joel Broughton (@mrbrojo) February 7, 2016
Retro Jets performance circa 2008. Where have you been hiding? #NEWvMCY
— Blake (@blake_1986) February 7, 2016
City fans can sook about the refs all we want, won’t change the fact we’re a pack of pea hearts with no mental strength #NEWvMCY
— #CELTSSOXPATS (@MelbCityLUFCNut) February 7, 2016
Can’t deny how good the Jets have played but the ref has made some shocking calls. That new Jets lad looks good too ?? #NEWvMCY
— adepotato (@reggie_lallana) February 7, 2016
Let’s face it. It wouldn’t be a Jets match without a few nervous moments in the dying stages. #NEWvMCY
— Paul J (@paul_jobber23) February 7, 2016
He is simply outstanding. @BFornaroli hunger for a goal is insatiable. #GameOn #NEWvMCY
— Francis Leach (@SaintFrankly) February 7, 2016
Classy goal by Fornaroli. Started the move, and finished it off nicely. #NEWvMCY
— John (@JohnKo71) February 7, 2016
Broich, Ono, name anyone. I’ll take Fornaroli as best import to play in HAL. Movement, finishing, ability to keep ball quality. #NEWvMCY
— Ante Jukić (@a_jukic) February 7, 2016
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