Dons are comeback kings as Henneghan and Rudoni strike to peg back Ipswich Town

A game full of incident and excitement saw Wimbledon grab a deserved equaliser in the fourth minute of added time as Jack Rudoni headed home an Anthony Hartigan corner to secure a share of the points for the visitors.

The first half had seen both sides test each other without going all out on attack, and it wasn’t until the second half that the game burst into life as the experienced Wes Burns brought his skill to the game in a profound way.

First he won a penalty when Will NIghtingale was adjudged to have pulled him back. Questions remain about the accuracy of that decision, but Joe Pigott, latterly of the Dons, put the home side in front on 52 minutes.

Then Burns scored the goal of the game, advancing into the penalty box and dispatched a full-blooded delivery which Nik Tzanev had no chance of saving. Two-nil to Ipswich and it looked a long way back.

Yet do not write off this young Wimbledon team, who within four minutes had reduced the deficit to one as Hartigan swung in a free-kick from the edge of the penalty box and Ben Henneghan made no mistake with his header into the goal beyond the reach of the keeper Vaclav Hladky, who was later booked for timewasting.

At 2-1 Ipswich were looking to wind down the clock but there was an awful long way to go.

Chance after chance went begging for Wimbledon including a penalty appeal, which was waved away by ref David Rock. Eventually though after six added minutes were announced, the equaliser was found through Hartigan’s corner and Rudoni’s head for a well deserved 2-2 draw.

PICTURE: KEITH GILLARD