Wrexham climb into top six with stunning victory at Loftus Road

WREXHAM scored twice in stoppage time to come from behind and pull off an incredible 3-2 victory at QPR.

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Ollie Rathbone celebrates after hitting a dramatic winner at Loftus Road (inset)

After Harvey Vale’s early opener, Callum Doyle's first Wrexham goal hauled them level early in the second half.

Steve Cook’s 80th-minute goal looked to have secured victory for Rangers, but they were reduced to 10 men when Amadou Mbengue was sent off 10 minutes later - and the visitors then scored twice in the space of a minute.

Josh Windass equalised and fellow substitute Ollie Rathbone netted a dramatic winner in the final moments with a thumping right-footed strike from 30 yards.

Former Chelsea youngster Vale, recently back from injury, opened the scoring in emphatic fashion after six minutes.

Nicolas Madsen intercepted Lewis O'Brien's pass and cleverly back-heeled to Karamoko Dembele, whose strike hit the bar. After Dembele then battled for the resulting loose ball on the right of the penalty area, Vale turned and smashed a glorious left-footed volley past keeper Arthur Okonkwo.

It was just the start the hosts needed after back-to-back goalless draws, and they continued to have the upper hand, with Paul Smyth firing into the side netting after being teed up by Richard Kone, Vale shooting wide, and Dembele’s acrobatic effort landing on the top of the net.

Rangers’ failure to score a second during that period gave Wrexham a chance to stay in the game and they hit back with an equaliser nine minutes after the interval.