Fergie time at Wrexham! Phil Parkinson compares Red Dragons to Sir Alex Ferguson’s Man Utd as Rob & Ryan’s side clinch another late winner against Wigan

Ryan Barnett had handed the Red Dragons the lead at the hour mark before Joe Hugill equalised for Wigan Athletic. Just when it seemed that Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's side would drop crucial points at home, Steven Fletcher emerged as the saviour with a 91st-minute winner to secure three points for his side.

Fletcher has made a habit of scoring late winners as his 88th-minute strike on Thursday helped the Red Dragons clinch an important win over Blackpool. After the club's phenomenal win, manager Parkinson compared his boys' grit and determination to that of Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United team, who were famous for scoring late winners.

Speaking to reporters after the match, the 57-year-old coach said: "In terms of sticking to the job and showing character and strength and personality, I thought all that was high. It’s difficult to keep producing performances."

He added: "It’s sometimes difficult and you look at the other results around the country – Birmingham at home, Huddersfield at home – have failed to go back-to-back wins at home so it’s an amazing win for us against a good team. But the mentality of the group is so strong and it showed again.

"I was watching the Sir Alex documentary yesterday and Manchester United go right to the wire and we’ve got that mentality here. We go to the end and we always believe we can get a goal and Fletch has produced a real quality strike for us to win the game."

The Welsh club will be back in action on the first day of the New Year when they face Barnsley away from home in League One.