TUCKER, St James — Montego Bay United’s (MBU) Coach Donovan Duckie is still bemoaning his team’s lack of clinical finishing, which he says is costing them points even as they came from behind twice to earn a draw against 10-man Molynes United on their second-round Jamaica Premier League game at Wespow Park on Sunday.

The point saw MBU inch up one place to ninth in the standings with 18 points and winless in six outings, two more points and two spots above Molynes United who have failed to win any of their last two games.

Duckie told the Jamaica Observer he thought his team played well but that they were still being let down by poor finishing.

“We played a good game, a very good game. Tactically, I thought we were sound in terms of our approach defensively. We know they play between the lines with quick combinations and they scored with a deflected shot,” he said.

“We equalised, but once again we had to chase the game and made tactical adjustments. I thought, despite coming from behind, we did well but we were dismal in front of goal. This is the story of our season; we have had this conversation over and over,” Duckie added.

The journeyman tactician said they have had “good preparation. We are sound, very organised and looking good, but not scoring”.

Alex Thomas, the Molynes United coach, said at the end of the day they left with one point — and that is positive. “We went down to 10 men from early and we knew MoBay would come at us, but we stuck to the task,” he noted.

Thomas admitted that the second equaliser from MBU was “a brilliant goal”.

“It was a good game. We showed grit, we showed fight, we stayed disciplined and organised and, unfortunately, MoBay came back late. But, we played well,” Thomas said.

A spectacular long-range effort from second-half substitute Donovan Brown in the 89th minute rescued a point for MBU as they extended their winless run to six games.

Molynes United, who were reduced to 10 players in the 29th minute when Jermy Nelson was shown a second yellow card, led 2-1 at half-time.

All three goals in the first half came in a 12-minute period, Shamario Dennis gave Molynes United the lead after 22 minutes, Allan Ottey converted a penalty kick in the 30th minute to tie up the scores before Jason Wright restored the visitors’ lead in the 34th minute.

Brown, who replaced Vialley Matalola at the start of the second half, produced one of the best goals of the season when he got the ball about 30 yards from the goal and rifled home a looping shot high into the right side of the goal, leaving goalkeeper Peter Harrison rooted to his line.

— Paul A Reid