Referee Milorad Mazic initially awarded a penalty and the VAR backed up his assessment despite replays indicating Ernest Mabouka did not foul Alex Gersbach and had instead won the ball.Cameroon started the better of the two sides and went close early on as Aboubakar hit a half-volley wide after being teed up by Benjamin Moukandjo.
Australia grew into a contest starved of quality, as first Tom Rogic curled a free-kick over before Mathew Leckie blazed Gersbach's low cross above the frame of the goal.
The best piece of play came in the 37th minute as Moukandjo and Aboubakar linked up neatly, but the former's effort was aimed straight at Mathew Ryan.
But they did break the deadlock on the stroke of half-time as Zambo Anguissa latched on to Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui's lofted throughball to flick over Ryan, whose decision to come off his line proved ill-advised.Australia continued to warm to their task and Rogic saw a goal-bound effort cleared but Aboubakar wasted a chance to put the game to bed soon after, skewing his finish wide from Christian Bassogog's pull back.Vincent Aboubakar, linked with Premier League club Newcastle United, wasted a number of chances to make it 2-0 and the Indomitable Lions were eventually made to pay when Mark Milligan levelled from the spot after a hugely debatable decision.
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