Wrexham 3-3 Crewe Alexandra: Steven Fletcher rescues 10-man hosts late on

Substitute Steven Fletcher rescued a point for 10-man Wrexham in the last moments of a compelling Stok Racecourse encounter against Crewe Alexandra.

Mickey Demetriou headed the visitors' opener before Wrexham winger Ryan Bennett saw red after a bad tackle on Shilow Tracey.

Paul Mullin equalised, but Chris Long's penalty put Crewe 2-1 up at the break.

Mullin hit back again and although Tracey put Crewe ahead once more, Fletcher's late header rescued Wrexham.

Wrexham's Will Boyle and manager Phil Parkinson were yellow carded in the wake of the incident that led to Long scoring from the spot.

Crewe dropped a place to sixth in the League Two table with the hosts falling two spots to ninth.

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson:

"It was a day of immense character by the lads today. We questioned everything last week (after their 5-0 defeat at Stockport), but today we answered a lot of those questions.

"Second half I thought we were the better team. We had some great chances.

"If we hadn't got a draw it would have been a bit of an injustice. I'm disappointed we didn't win the game, even with 10 men, but more importantly for me it was the spirit, the determination, the fighting spirit; everything we won and implemented over the last few years at the club was just great."