Wrexham fans are hailing Elliot Lee’s stunning 89th minute thunderbolt again Sutton as ‘goal of the year’.
They’ve done it again.
Wrexham have scored yet another late goal to salvage a brilliant result, this time a 2-1 win against Sutton United at the Racecourse.
Elliot Lee’s stunning 89th minute volley earned the Reds three points to propel them up to third in League Two. Phil Parkinson’s side are now just three points behind second placed Notts County, the team they visit at the weekend.
Paul Mullin opened the scoring with an absolute rocket
Paul Mullin opened the scoring against bottom placed Sutton with a rocket himself. Ryan Barnett fed the Dragon’s star striker on the edge of the area, who turned and rifled the ball into the top corner to register his fourth goal of the season.
Wrexham dominated the first half but were made to pay for not putting the game to bed when Aiden O’Brien brought Sutton level just before the hour mark.
Wrexham fans hail Elliot Lee’s stunning 88th minute thunderbolt against Sutton
A draw looked more and more likely, but Wrexham have made a habit of scoring late goals and they did so once again courtesy of a stunning volley from Elliot Lee.
Nearing the 89th minute of the game, James McClean whipped in a deep cross from the left hand side. The ball was headed clear to the edge of the box where Lee chested it down and smashed an absolute thunderbolt past the helpless Sutton goalkeeper.
Fans were savouring the goal on social media and calling it one of the best strikes they’d seen all season.
‘Hang it in the Louvre’, one fan said.
‘Just an absolute banger,’ another added.
‘Goal of the year’, a third commented:
“You won’t see a purer strike”
After the game, Wrexham assistant manager Steve Parkin said: “I think they believe in the dressing room that they go right to whatever it may be, the 100th minute if necessary, and I think they always feel as though they’re going to have a chance.
“The resilience to keep the ball in the box and keep it alive was there for everybody to see, but I think the key thing is we don’t want to be relying on that all the time, and we have already relied on it quite a bit this season, but at the end of the day there’s loads of different ways to get three points and we’ll take it.
“To come up with such a quality goal at the end to get the points for us was a big relief. You won’t see a purer strike.”