Given QPR had not conceded for three successive league games going into this, it was little wonder Loftus Road’s home ends collectively shook their heads at the final whistle.<\/p>\n
This for large swathes of the game had looked like a game that Stephan’s side would collect all three points from.<\/p>\n
Defensively disciplined, well organised in midfield, out-working Wrexham in parts, and forcing errors all over the bare and bobbly pitch.<\/p>\n
When Vale’s volley punished Dan Scarr’s inability to clear his lines early on – Kader Dembele’s shot having cannoned back off the crossbar via a finger from Arthur Okonkwo – the hosts looked comfortable and in control.<\/p>\n
Their only grumble was that they had not extended their lead, Paul Smyth with perhaps the best chance.<\/p>\n
So Wrexham hardly deserved their way back into the game. Indeed, the visitors’ xG (expected goals) was zero before Doyle finished from Nathan Broadhead’s pass, squeezing home expertly from a tight angle.<\/p>\n
Although much improved after the break, it still almost felt like a poor display had its just deserts when Cook, unmarked, wandered into the box to head home an 80th minute corner.<\/p>\n
That appeared to be what the talking point was going to be, Wrexham again dropping points and again via a set-piece having drawn from a winning position by conceding at a 90th-minute corner in midweek against Leicester.<\/p>\n
But Wrexham’s recent story has had its fair share of late dramas – and this season has been no different. Only Coventry and Watford have taken more points than Wrexham’s 15 from losing positions.<\/p>\n
It is difficult to assess whether Mbengue’s ill-discipline when already on a yellow had its impact, but the momentum was already with Wrexham in the final stages.<\/p>\n
After a technically excellent finish from Windass, the Wrexham rush to get the ball from the net to restart told a story. Rathbone made sure he put the exclamation point on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Given QPR had not conceded for three successive league games going into this, it was little wonder Loftus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-427783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}