For the next 15 minutes, as they had done from the kick off, Bay United had made possession and territory their own but, had it not been for a lack of peripheral vision and finishing at times, they could have boosted their score line.
Holding striker Adam Thurston also could have made a difference had he been stronger on his turns when passes were liberally delivered to his feet.
The only certainty for Bay United in their match against the Canterbury United Dragons next weekend is that assistant coach Jamie Dunning will be at the helm.
Alternatively Tasman were guilty of sitting too deep in the first half but coach Davor Tavich's pep talk must have been the difference at halftime because the visitors pushed up much more in the second spell.
It was another collective cry of despair in the 60th minute when Thurston ran towards the goal line near the left upright to beat keeper Wilson with a crisp cross but centre-mid Alex Palezevic couldn't tap it into the net near the far post despite a sliding effort.
With Angell yelling out his substitution on the sideline, Tasman United striker Maksym Kowal found the equaliser, 1-1, in the 64th minute, beating the offside trap after a long ball. He pounced on the early Christmas gift, took it around Bay goalkeeper Ruben Parker Hanks to push the ball into the net before casually running it back into play.
A rash of substitutions followed for the next 10 minutes - Liam Hayes in for Palezevic, Hayatu Wakino came on for a tireless Hoy and homeboy Bjorn Christensen was on for Cain but it was a lacklustre Thurston who should have been granted a spell much earlier.
A poor pass from centreback Graham Craven gave Bay United fans heart palpitations when Alex Risdale almost intercepted an ill-directed pass, about 40m from the Bay United goalmouth, but keeper Hanks saved the blushes.
All hell broke loose in the 81st minute when captain Bill Robertson brought down Kowal down in the box but, fortunately for Bay United, Tasman captain Cameron Lindsay clipped the crossbar from the spot.
Two minutes later, Kowal, still seething from the missed penalty kick, made a rash tackle from behind to kick Karan Mandair in the head as he tried to nod the ball in defence.
Kowal got a yellow card but he should have received a red one because he couldn't argue he was unsighted in his ugly challenge that left the defensive midfielder clutching his head on the ground.
Fourth official Mark Roil, soon after, brought to referee Chris Mills' attention that Angell should be sent off for boorish behaviour.
The coach was in the ear of Roil for the best part of the game, especially after the equaliser.
"I'm tired of it. It happens every ****ing week," Angell hollered as he marched towards the tunnel, yelling at the referees' assessors perched on the balcony of the pavilion.
The referee had a great start to the game, the shirt-pulling and grappling theatrics of last weekend gone, but he had failed to ping Tasman striker Kieran Smith who, sitting on a yellow card, persistently got away with blatant fouls and warnings.
Wakino proved to be a handful with some great penetration but it was deflatingly no cigar again for Bay United who are hoping to turn their home turf into a fortress.
