Injury worries for Wrexham duo as Parkinson explains changes

The centre-back limped off with a hamstring problem on the half-hour mark as Wrexham drew 1-1 with Burnley at The Racecourse on Tuesday.

Named on the substitutes bench for the opening three Championship games of the season, Cleworth was back in the side for the 3-0 win at Millwall and he again caught the eye in the goalless draw away to Swansea City before his night was cut short against the Clarets, although Reds' boss Parkinson remains positive on the severity of the injury.

"He felt it early in the half, actually, and we kept saying to him, 'are you alright Max?' and he wanted to stay on," he said.

"I don't think it's too serious, but we'll see. Obviously Max has been brilliant."

Josh Windass and Lewis O'Brien failed to appear for the second half, with recent signing Callum O'Hare and Ollie Rathbone taking over in the two number 10 roles.

Although Windass picked up a knock towards the end of the opening period, Parkinson says the double-change was tactical due to the number of substitution entries remaining after Cleworth went off in the first half.

"Josh got a whack on the calf. Obviously, when you've made one sub in the first period, you've then only got two entries in the second period," he said.

"Josh probably could have gone out and tried it, but we just decided to make the changes, and then O'Hare and Rathbone gave us a real lift of energy."

O'Hare, brought in from Championship rivals Sheffield United, came close to scoring in the Swansea stalemate on his debut and wasn't far away against Burnley.

"He's a player who sniffs out chances. That's what he's all about, and you've seen that already," added Parkinson.

"His physical data is so high and that's why I was a bit wary of starting him, he got the bad whack as well in the Swansea game.

"But when he came on, he was bright, he makes good decisions around the box and he was unlucky not to get a goal."