Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson has praised his side’s effort following their 2-2 draw with Chelsea.

Chelsea had to come from behind in the second-half to draw the game, and Parkinson was glad to see his squad match up the highly assembled Chelsea team.

He said: “We’ve taken on a team that has probably spent about a billion pounds over the last two transfer windows. We’ve gone toe-to-toe with them.

“First half, we were good out of possession. Second half, we married both sides of the game together really well, we got two goals.

“That’s a hell of a shift the lads have put in today, and obviously I’m very pleased.

“The gulf in quality… two years ago we were in the National League, we’re building slowly but surely as a club. Chelsea are an established club, normally competing in the Champions League most years.

“There were some really good performances from us. They made 10 changes at half-time and we stood strong in that period, and our subs gave us some impetus ourselves.

“The lads are pleased and so they should be. We give everything, we fight for every ball over the pitch, and we showed that tonight.”