Wayne Rooney's Plymouth comes back from 3-0 down and draws


Wayne Rooney's Plymouth Argyle team recovered from a 3-0 deficit to draw 3-3 with Preston North End in the Championship on Saturday.

Morgan Whittaker scored in injury time to salvage an important point for Plymouth, who are fighting for a place out of the relegation zone after just three wins in their first 12 games of the season.

“I'm really angry. That performance isn't good enough,” Rooney said after the match. “For an hour of that game he didn't look anything like us. We were easy to play against, we didn't make tackles, we didn't get the ball.

“Obviously I'm happy to get a point in the game, but I can't accept that performance. There have been games this season in which we have been very good, but the last three games have been a problem and we have come out of this because today could could have been much worse.”

Preston led 2-0 at half-time thanks to goals from Sam Greenwood and Mads Frøkjær-Jensen before Brad Potts added a third in the 48th minute to give the visitors a commanding lead.

Freddie Issaka scored for Plymouth in the 55th minute before Andre Gray's 82nd-minute goal made it 3-2 and gave the hosts hope.

That set the stage for Whittaker's spectacular late goal, something that is becoming the norm for Plymouth, who have now scored in added time at the end of their last four home games.

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