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Fremantle's Michael Frederick pulled off the most incredible assist of the season as the Dockers ended Melbourne's 17-match winning streak and sent a huge statement to the rest of the AFL with a come-from-behind win at the MCG.
With a minute left in the third quarter on Saturday night, Frederick gathered a loose pass from Michael Walters about 10 metres out the goal square under pressure from a defender and batted it backwards to Lachie Schultz without looking.
Schultz smashed it between the uprights to take Freo to a 16-point lead and they never looked back before running out winners 14.10 (96) to 7.14 (56).
'That was a backhand Roger Federer would be happy with!' said an incredulous Garry Lyon in commentary.
His co-callers could hardly believe it either, labelling the freakish display the touch of the season and the assist of the season.
Frederick's outrageous backhander was a no-look assist straight out of an NBA game
The midfielder/forward added two goals as the Dockers came back from five goals down to run riot against the Dees
Fremantle reeled in a five-goal deficit to pull off the momentous and confidence-boosting 38-point upset win.
The Demons were cruising towards an 11-0 start in 2022 after leading by 30 points late in the second quarter before Fremantle slammed