GOAL.COM
BY Barry McConner
Newcastle Jets boss Gary van Egmond is ruing missed opportunities after his side scraped a dramatic 3-3 draw with Perth Glory...
It was Jade North who saved the Jets' blushes at the Members Equity Stadium on Friday, the skipper capitalising on a defensive error to slot home the equaliser in the fifth minute of added time.
Most coaches would be thrilled to snatch a point from the jaws of defeat - but not Van Egmond, who believes his men wasted a plethora of clear scoring chances.
"We we're 3-2 down in injury time, and you get out with the draw, you should be feeling lucky," he told the press.
"But I'm not feeling lucky at all, I'm feeling that game should have been dead and buried well and truly prior to that."
"We should have capitalised on our opportunities and been more ruthless in front of goal.
"But it tends to be the situation that when you're not ruthless ... and you don't go on with it, you invite the other team back in and that's exactly what we did."
But while Van Egmond bemoaned his team's profligacy in front of goal, he acknowledged Perth's endeavour and constant pressuring all across the pitch.
"To the Glory's credit, they never stopped trying and even in the second half when they probably had a little more possession and a little more territory, we still had ample chances of killing the game off and we didn't do it," he added.
"Coupled with some really poor defensive work, that's what you get."
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