
Melbourne City have suffered an agonising night in their Asian Champions League Elite push, a stoppage-time, comedy of defensive errors proving no laughing matter as they succumbed to a 1-0 defeat to Vissel Kobe in Japan.
City had looked set to grab a well-deserved first point in their second match of the campaign against the Japanese champions following their 2-0 home defeat to another J1 League powerhouse, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, a fortnight earlier.