It's always easy to always focus on the negative, that you've conceded two goals, but we are actually scoring two goals the last two games as well, away from home against quality opponents, and I believe we can score more.

My message to the players has been consistent from day one. We want to change the identity of this team, this club, and to do that we need to be braver in the way we play, more aggressive and we want to have the spirit that regardless of what the score is we are always trying to be on the front foot and with that comes certain risks.

Sometimes they work, sometimes don't. I think we could have defended both situations better, that's for sure.

But when you play Sydney FC and they are 2-0 up, I don't there's many games where anyone's got back in the game over the last few years.

A sensational double from Valentino Yuel lifted Newcastle from a 2-0 deficit to a share of the points in a pulsating 2-2 draw with Sydney FC at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on Saturday night.

Newcastle made a brilliant start against Wanderers last week but it was Sydney who came out of the blocks better as both sides pressed high and hard in search of a first win from three rounds of the A-League season.

The hosts were ahead in the ninth minute after Adam Le Fondre earned a penalty and converted, giving Sydney their first goal of the season.

The Englishman was put through one-on-one with Jets keeper Jack Duncan and was going around the diving gloveman, whose hands then caught the striker's legs.

Le Fondre was the man again for Sydney in the 30th minute, cleverly making space to fire a ball across the face of goal to the waiting Elvis Kamsoba, who ghosted between defenders and tapped in from close range with ease.

Yuel was again impressive throughout for the Jets, after scoring in a round one loss to Central Coast and setting up Olivier Boumal last week in a 2-2 draw with Wanderers, and he gave the visitors hope in the 58th minute.

Daniel Penha put Yuel into space with a beautiful through ball and he finished with his left foot. He was originally ruled offside but the decision was reviewed and a goal awarded.

He then fired the Jets level in the 65th minute with a thunderous shot into the roof of the net from a tight angle after evading Socceroo Rhyan Grant.

Sydney looked to have regained the lead in the 77th minute when Le Fondre guided in a ball from Patrick Wood after an earlier shot was blocked by Jordan Elsey. However, the goal was reviewed then controversially ruled out because of offside.

The match finished in a stalemate, leaving both sides on two points this season.

Yuel earned man of the match honours for his brace, continuing a steep rise already this campaign after coming off the bench in round one.

"We came out here to try and get the win, and obviously we knew coming here it was going to be a very tough game and as you could see in the first half, they made us very aware of where we are and straight away we had to respond," Yuel said.

"The second half, the boss told us to take our chances and we came out and tried to do exactly that."

Yuel said he was "stoked" to get the equaliser.

Jets captain Matt Jurman felt his side deserved their point.

"I think we were a bit unlucky to go behind, I think we started very well, had a lot of possession and we had a few chances and didn't finish them and obviously we got punished twice," Jurman said.

"I think it was a great comeback. We come out and played our football. We didn't change our style and in the end we came away with a point, but it could have easily been three."

Duncan bounced back from his early mistake to block great chances from Milos Ninkovic (46th minute) and Wood (85th).

Jets coach Arthur Papas made one change to his starting line-up from the draw with Wanderers, bringing in Jordan O'Doherty for Kosta Grozos, whose mistakes in possession had cost Newcastle a goal in each of the opening two rounds.

For Sydney, Kosta Barbarouses was still missing after illness cost him a likely return from injury.

Newcastle coach Arthur Papas says there's more to come from Valentino Yuel after the forward's brace helped the Jets overcome a two-goal deficit to snatch a 2-2 draw against Sydney FC.

The Sky Blues raced ahead at Kogarah Oval with an Adam Le Fondre penalty and Elvis Kamsoba strike giving Steve Corica's men a 2-0 lead after half an hour on Saturday.

But inspired by Yuel out on the left, the Jets hit back with the former Western United forward scoring twice in the space of eight minutes to earn them a valuable point.

Yuel, who enjoyed a running duel with Socceroos fullback Rhyan Grant, has three goals this A-League Men's season with Papas suggesting the 27-year-old has yet to scratch the surface of his ability.

That's the challenge for Val

"I known Val from prior to coming to Newcastle and I know what his capabilities are and I.don't think he's reached anywhere near what his ceiling is," Papas said.

"I think you saw him take on a very good fullback and really make it difficult for him, and it's all about getting outcomes as well, and at halftime we spoke about that because he had a very good chance in the first half.

"It's about not only having tricks and all these kind of things without any outcomes, it's about getting goals and setting up goals.

I'm very happy for him but I think he's got a lot of improvement in him, and he knows it as well and he's working hard and that's what's important.

"One of the challenges with Val when we started working together this season was about simplifying how you go about doing things in the final third, it's actually not about complicating, and creating certain habits so when you get into certain situations you are not overthinking things and you are more instinctual because you are consistently working on certain actions.

We know we are going to get him into certain situations because of the way we play and then the more times we get him into those situations, we need outcomes from it, so like anything you work on the things you need to be good at.

"Val's hard-working, and he's open to it, and he gets a reward and the challenge is to go do it again next week."

Coming in at half-time, whether we deserved to be 2-0 down, I think it was fairly even in the first half

We knew if we turned the ball over in certain areas that they are very quick on the counterattack and we got punished for it

Then the second half, the response, I think it's fantastic.

"The spirit and belief to keep playing and not go about the way you're playing because it's 2-0 down and all of a sudden you want to preserve and hopefully not lose by three of four.

And instead just have that belief that you can back into the game.

is important and I'm pleased with aspects of the performance," he said.

"There's been large portions of all the games so far where we have played some really good football.

"When certain things don't go to plan we need to be more resilient in those periods and we need to know how to not be on the wrong end of two goals because we switch off for five minutes.

"I know the process we need to keep continuing. It's not an upward curve because anything towards success is up and down.

"I'm pleased with the unity, spirit and togetherness of our group. They have conviction about how they play and that makes me feel optimistic about what we're doing."

You're on the end of some of them, and you're not on the end other times

We've been in that situation already, if we go back to the FFA Cup, we had a similar decision that on reflection that was clearly an incorrect decision, but I haven't reviewed it.

Obviously I can understand Steve's point and frustration if he's had the opportunity to review it.

Sydney FC coach Steve Corica was left to rue the officiating as the Newcastle Jets came from behind to seal a 2-2 draw at Kogarah Oval on Saturday.

The Sky Blues stormed into an early lead through an Adam Le Fondre penalty and Elvis Kamsoba's strike in the 30th minute.

Valentino Yuel hit Corica's men with two goals in the space of eight minutes after half-time, with the Sydney coach suggesting a free-kick in the build-up for the second was not taken from the correct spot.

He was also critical of a VAR decision to chalk off a Le Fondre goal in the 77th minute for offside which would have put the Sky Blues 3-2 up.

"It's just a bit frustrating on my part," Corica said.

"The third (Sydney) goal looked like a goal to me because it came off one of their players, so he (Le Fondre) can't be offside.

"And he wasn't offside anyway. It's disappointing because I think the referee (Jonathan Barreiro) got a few decisions wrong.

"Their second goal was from 10 metres in front of where it should have been and it was rolling. Then he pulls up one of ours for the ball moving.

"You've got to be consistent for both teams."

Asked if he would lodge a complaint with A-League officials, Corica said: "I don't think you can do too much can you? I think they need to have a look at the referee, but that's the way it goes."

The result leaves both sides winless but Arthur Papas will be the happier of the two coaches after snatching a point against Sydney and Western Sydney away from home in successive weeks.

The home side sought to play behind the high line employed by Papas and they got their reward when Paulo Retre played Le Fondre in on goal in the seventh minute.

Barreiro pointed to the spot after Jack Duncan brought Le Fondre to ground and the Englishman made no mistake as he fired past the Jets keeper.

Kamsoba then turned home a Le Fondre cross to put Sydney 2-0 up with half an hour gone and the Sky Blues looked to be cruising.

But after the half-time break an inspired showing from Yuel got the Jets level.

The first goal saw the forward cut in from the flank and finish past Sydney goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne before he fired into the roof of the net to send the small section of travelling Jets fans into a state of delirium.

The Newcastle defence withstood a late onslaught from the Sky Blues which included Le Fondre's disallowed goal but Papas felt his side were good value for the draw.

"We got punished on the counter attack but I think our response was fantastic," he said.

"We had the belief to keep playing and we didn't want to preserve and we had that belief to get back in the game. It could have gone either way."