PHIL PARKINSON was disappointed Wrexham were unable to build on the perfect start against Yeovil Town at Huish Park.

The Reds, who came from behind to beat Eastleigh 2-1 at home on the opening day of the campaign, took a sixth minute lead when prolific striker Paul Mullin opened his account for 2022-23 with a well-taken finish.

Temperatures soared in Somerset but although they had a couple of openings after going ahead, Wrexham found themselves pegged back when Malachi Linton levelled with a stunning strike early in the second half.

That gave the Glovers a lift but neither side was able to secure three points after drawing 1-1, meaning Wrexham have still never started a season in non-league with back-to-back wins, and Parkinson rued a lack of quality in the final third.

"We got off to a great start and I was looking for us to go and push on, and get that second goal," said Parkinson.

"But I just felt that our quality let us down a little bit in the final third at crucial times, just finding that weight of pass, and I was disappointed we couldn't go and get that second goal.

"After half-time the lad smashed one in, a goal that he will probably never score again, and that gave the crowd and them a huge lift.

"For 10-15 minutes they were in the ascendancy and we had to come through that period, and I felt we did and we got decent control of the game after that.

"We probably should have gone on and won the game.

"We always coming looking for three but we will take the point today."

Despite Mullin, the leading scorer at The Racecourse and National League last term, giving his side the ideal start, Wrexham struggled to create chances after going ahead.

But Parkinson couldn't the effort from his players in the extreme heat.

"We have got quality but I just felt that the final pass didn't quite come off for us," said Parkinson.

"We have got some good creation in there with Elliot Lee and Jordan Davies, and Mulls, it's just the weight of pass wasn't quite as good as we would have liked.

"That's how we create chances, driving at people and slipping those passes in but we didn't get that quite right for whatever reason.

"But the lads worked very hard in difficult conditions, I know it's the same for both teams, and we had to dig deep and make sure that we at least got a point."

On preparations ahead of the game where temperatures reached around 34 degrees, Parkinson added: "All we did was adapted the warm-up a little bit and shortened everything down, trying to keep the lads out of it for as short as we could because of the testing conditions.

"But we went to Spain and trained and played in it, so we are used to it to a certain degree."