Rooney’s Plymouth pull off sensational 3-3 draw

Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth Argyle side fought back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 with Preston North End in the Championship on Saturday.

Morgan Whittaker scored in stoppage time to salvage an important point for Plymouth who are struggling one place outside of the relegation zone following just three wins in their opening 12 games of the season.

“I’m angry really. That performance is nowhere near good enough,” Rooney said postmatch. “For an hour of that game it didn’t look like us at all. We were easy to play against, we weren’t putting tackles in, we weren’t getting to the ball.

“I’m obviously pleased to get a point out of the game, but I can’t accept that performance. There have been games this season where we’ve been really good, but the last three games have been a blip and we have to snap out of it because today could have been much worse.”

Preston led 2-0 at the break through 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 pulled one back for Plymouth on 55 minutes before Andre Gray’s 82nd minute strike made it 3-2 and gave the hosts hope.

That set the stage for Whittaker’s dramatic late goal, something which is becoming the norm for Plymouth who have now scored in added time at the end of their last four home fixtures.