AFC WIMBLEDON came from 2-0 down after 89 minutes to rescue a dramatic 2-2 draw against Accrington Stanley at Plough Lane on Tuesday night.
The Dons appeared to be on their way to getting nothing from one of their games in hand after Nelson Khumbeni gave the visitors the lead on 58 minutes and Dara Costelloe fired home fifteen minutes from time.
But Alistair Smith found the bottom-right corner with a minute to go before James Tilley scored the equaliser seven minutes into stoppage-time.
Accrington’s Farrend Rawson was sent off for violent conduct in the 99th minute before the final whistle ended a pulsating last ten minutes.
Johnnie Jackson’s side moved up to eighth in League Two, two points off the play-offs with still two games in hand on five of the seven teams above them.
“It was a mad finish. Once you analyse the incidents in the game, I feel as though it was the least we deserved with the balance of play and the chances we created,” Jackson said.
“We weren’t at our best at all, but they kept going after it looked like the game was gone.
“We got what we deserved. A few things have gone against us and we missed a good chance before they scored their first.
“How we haven’t had one penalty as well. When you factor all that in, we deserve that.
“We haven’t always got what we deserved this season. It’s a good point.”
The non-penalty Jackson referred to was in the 81st minute when Stanley goalkeeper Billy Crellin dropped the ball and then appeared to foul Matty Stevens, but referee Ben Atkinson didn’t give it.
“The keeper has dropped the ball and then my player gets between the ball and the keeper, who bundles him over,” Jackson said.
“It looked a really easy one to give, I would like to hear the explanation as to why.
“Matty’s not going to go down there if he has a chance to score. I don’t understand that one.
“It would have given us a chance to affect the game earlier. It’s a bad decision, that’s all I can say.”
The Dons host Walsall on Saturday at 3pm.
