Bristol City denied Wrexham a fifth successive Sky Bet Championship away win as Max Bird’s spectacular late volley secured a 2-2 draw at Ashton Gate.<\/p>\n
Wrexham twice led through Ollie Rathbone and a Joe Williams own goal, but City were rewarded for a spirited second-half performance.<\/p>\n
Sinclair Armstrong drove home soon after the restart and fellow substitute Bird smashed home off the underside of the crossbar from 20 yards out two minutes from time.<\/p>\n
The prize at stake for the winner on a bitterly cold night was sixth spot and a place in the play-offs.<\/p>\n
Max Bird scored late to equalise against Wrexham.<\/p>\n
Photo by Adam Davy\/PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n
City had revived their promotion bid with a weekend win at Hull, but they had some making up to do with home fans after being thumped 5-0 by Derby in their previous appearance at Ashton Gate.<\/p>\n
George Tanner escaped injury after being clattered by his own goalkeeper Radek Vitek and Neto Borges sent a shot skywards from the edge of the box.<\/p>\n
Neither keeper was troubled until midway through the first half when Nathan Broadhead<\/a> rolled the ball back to George Thomason and Vitek held Callum Doyle’s header under the crossbar.<\/p>\n Mark Sykes<\/a> was adamant Dominic Hyam had handled a bouncing ball in the Wrexham area, but his animated appeal for a penalty was waved away by referee Ruebyn Ricardo.<\/p>\n Wrexham hit the front after 34 minutes when Doyle’s cross ricocheted into the path of Rathbone, who smashed a first-time left-footed shot high past Vitek.<\/p>\n City players were booed off at the break after failing to manage a single on-target attempt.<\/p>\n Robins boss Gerhard Struber’s triple substitution at the interval turned the game on its head, with Armstrong, Delano Burgzorg and Jason Knight<\/a> making an instant impact.<\/p>\n