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Central Coast Mariners 2 Melbourne City 2: Fornaroli earns dramatic draw

Melbourne City gave up the lead before coming from behind to snatch a dramatic 2-2 draw away to Central Coast Mariners in the A-League on Saturday.

The familiar figure of Tim Cahill opened the scoring for the third City match in succession with five minutes to go in the first half in Gosford. Former Mariner Nick Fitzgerald held the ball up and laid it off to Bruce Kamau, who swung in a cross that Cahill met to guide a downward header past goalkeeper Paul Izzo.

Central Coast equalised in the 77th minute, substitute Fabio Ferreira charging forward and slipping in teenager Trent Buhagiar for his second goal in two matches.