England: Impressive debut for defender Jerome Opoku as Accrington Stanley earned a vital point away from home against Bristol Rovers

Defender Jerome Opoku was impressive for his new side Accrington Stanley and was the talk of the game with his ball playing skills and transition from the back with the ball going forward

Accrington Stanley fought back from a man down as well as goal down to earn a pulsating 3-3 draw against Bristol Rovers away from home in the English league one

The home side took an early lead in the fourth minute through English midfielder Alex Rodman before midfielder Jordan Clark scored in the eighteenth minute to pull parity for Accrington Stanley

Two minutes after drawing leveled, Accrington Stanley took the lead in the match through midfielder Sam Finley before Bristol Rovers also came back from the goal down to equalized with four minutes left to end the first half of the match through forward Jonson Clarke – Harris

It ended 2-2 at half time in the thrilling encounter

Both sides came out searching for the winner but Accrington Stanley were dealt a big blow after Irish midfielder Seamus Conneely got his marching orders following a very controversial second yellow in the 49th minute of the match

Jerome Opoku came on to replace English defender Callum Johnson in the 59th minute of the match to make his first professional debut in his playing career

Bristol Rovers regained the lead with an unstoppable strike from attacker Jonson Clarke – Harris to get his second on the day and his side’s third of the match as well

With thirteen minutes to end proceedings, Northern Ireland’s centre forward Dion Charles scored from the spot kick to earn Accrington Stanley a vital away point after playing majority of the second half with ten men

Accrington Stanley sits 19th on the table with five points after six matches into the new league one season. Next is a home encounter against Sunderland on Saturday, September 14th

By: Kanyiri Suburu Lucio/SuburuAbdulai