Former Dundee striker Jason Cummings accused an official of stopping his game Down Under for "commercial breaks" as he ranted at the stop-start nature of the A-League.
Numerous VAR checks and several drinks breaks interrupted the clash between his Central Coast Mariners and hosts Melbourne Victory.
And with Victory scoring the winner through Nishan Velupillay in the fourth minute of added time it made for an unhappy Cummings.
The former Rangers and Hibs frontman fumed as the breaks were being used for adverts on broadcaster Network Ten.
He reckoned the stoppages got out of hand and slammed a particular VAR review that took "10 minutes".
Speaking to Network Ten, Cummings said: "It was quite a stale game. I've never been at a game where it gets stopped that long.
"Like, genuinely. The VAR takes about 10 minutes to stop with that. He's (the referee is) stopping the game for a commercial break.
"I need to warm up every 10 minutes. It's stop-start."
Central Coast manager Nick Montgomery added: "Obviously, we've had some really hot days going back the last couple of months and I think drinks breaks have been needed there," he said.
"Because boys have been coming back from Covid who've been sick and really for the health and safety of the players.
"Tonight was probably the first time I really noticed it. There seemed to be a lot of delays and some VAR checks when I have no idea why they needed to check it - it was blatantly not a foul or penalty.
"It was a little bit stop-start and you lose that little bit of momentum in the game.
"But I probably noticed it more tonight than I have all season, so that's probably a fair comment (from Cummings)."
