WAGGA United coach Travis Weir will look to solve his side's penchant for conceding soft goals after two late strikes salvaged a 3-all draw against Tumut at Rawlings Park on Saturday night.
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The Eagles looked set to move to within just a point of the fourth-placed Hawks on the Pascoe Cup table, before two goals in the last six minutes from Nazar Yousif saved the hosts.
After being brought down in the box Yousif made no mistake from the spot with about three minutes left to save the hosts.
Rhys Creed gave Tumut the lead in the first half with a beautifully taken header at the far post, before Alec Hope replied for Wagga United to ensure scores were level at halftime.
A long range strike from Murray Barratt, then another goal to Creed off a goalkeeping handling error, gave the Eagles a 3-1 advantage, but they were unable to hang on.
Simple mistakes also cost Wagga United in a 2-1 loss to Lake Albert in their previous match.
"It happened on too many occasions last night, it's something we'll address this week," Weir said.
"Their third goal they put it over the top, our keeper fumbled it and Rhys tapped it in. Those errors are really starting to hurt us now.
"The boys were extremely deflated at full time, just with the way we keep conceding goals.
"I'll address that issue this week, I'll have a few decisions to make to see what we do moving forward.
"We were pretty dominant like we were against Lake Albert, but there's some things that are hurting us. We shouldn't have conceded two goals like we did, but that's football."
Wagga United and Tumut are on the road next week against Cootamundra and Lake Albert respectively.
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