John van "t Schip admits Melbourne City's 2-2 draw with late-show Mariners "feels more like a loss" Central Coast Mariners celebrate the equalising goal by John Hutchinson. MELBOURNE City coach John van't Schip said his team did not take its two-goal lead for granted on Sunday night, but lamented a 2-2 draw against Central Coast that "feels like a loss." Leading 2-0 with just 10 minutes remaining at AAMI Park, City coughed up two points after falling foul of long distance strikes from Glen Trifiro - from a free kick - and John Hutchinson at the death. Van't Schip said City had enough chances in the second half to make it 3-0 and kill off the game. "You never have it in the bag," van't Schip said. Captain courageous Hutch rescues Mariners with late goal We put on the board in the pre-match talk as well that it's 90 (minutes) plus (injury time) that you need to be concentrated. That showed again today in the last minute of injury time when we conceded the goal for the draw. We were not taking it for granted that we had the win already there. We dropped too deep in the end and you invite them in. It's a shame because if you look at the whole game we played better. Of course we had some times that we were not controlling the game, in the first part I think. But after going up 1-0 we had some chances for the 2-0 and when we made the 2-0 we had some very good chances to make it 3-0 with (Marc) Marino and David Williams, even other chances with Damien Duff and (Jacob) Melling from a free kick. All over the game I thought we were the team that had more chances but in the end, and that's what counts, it's 2-2. Van't Schip questioned referee Adam Fielding's positioning of the 80th minute free kick that resulted in Trifiro's wonder strike. The Mariner initially took a shot which cannoned in to Melling before the City midfielder was correctly given a yellow card for advancing out of the wall too quickly. The free kick was then retaken, but five metres or so advanced of where the first free kick was. "I think that was a strange decision," he said. Jacob Melling of Melbourne City reacts to the result. Normally you give a player the yellow card and then the free kick is at the same spot. Van't Schip said he would like to keep Liam Miller beyond this week after the Irishman's impressive performance yesterday. With Aaron Mooy on Socceroos duty the midfielder was signed by City last week on a short-term deal under Football Federation Australia's national team replacement player rule. City has one visa spot remaining. We have a few players injured so that's something we're going to discuss. Originally published as Last-gasp draw feels like a loss for City