SYDNEY: Australia coach Tony Gustavsson was facing questions on Friday after a stunning 3-2 defeat to Nigeria left the Women's World Cup co-hosts "teetering on the edge of something deep and dark."

The Matildas could have sealed their place in the last 16 with victory in front of a sell-out Brisbane crowd on Thursday and took the lead in first-half injury time through Emily van Egmond.

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