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There was a mad end to the Melbourne derby that produced this 99th-minute open-goal miss

Melbourne Victory midfielder James Troisi was the guilty party.

ALEAGUE CITY VICTORY Troisi (left centre) tussles with Luke Brattan of Melbourne City. AAP / PA Images AAP / PA Images / PA Images

MELBOURNE VICTORY HELD a 2-1 lead over city rivals Melbourne City late into injury-time during today’s A-League derby.

With the clock approaching 99 minutes, City had one last chance draw level from a corner. Goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis headed forward to become an auxiliary attacker, but when the ball fell to him on the edge of the box, he lost his footing and Victory broke in numbers.

Australian midfielder James Troisi raced into the opposing half and had the task of side-footing the ball into an empty net — but he somehow managed to put his effort wide of the mark.

Luckily for him, the final whistle went and Victory earned the bragging rights.

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    Feb 9th 2017, 1:07 PM

    We’ve only ourselves to blame.We shouldve done better in the AFCON.

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    Feb 9th 2017, 3:38 PM

    25th is respectable and I don’t think we’d easily beat too many above us so it seems fair enough

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    Feb 9th 2017, 4:58 PM

    @An_Beal_Bocht: Except for Wales, of course.

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    Feb 9th 2017, 7:57 PM

    With or without Bale?!

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    Feb 9th 2017, 9:23 PM

    “I can’t live, with or without Bale!” Ohohohoooooo!!

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    Feb 9th 2017, 1:11 PM

    That ranking system is a joke anyway ffs. Be easier to understand Chinese.

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    Feb 9th 2017, 11:07 AM

    It’s a joke Bill!

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    Feb 9th 2017, 11:24 AM

    Where should we be Ted??

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    Feb 9th 2017, 8:11 PM

    It was a joke Bleep.

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