MK Dons head coach Paul Warne gave his reaction after MK Dons’ late equaliser secured a 1-1 draw with Cambridge United

Aaron Collins was the coolest man at the Cledara Abbey Stadium on Saturday when he slotted home his 95th minute penalty to secure a point for MK Dons against Cambridge United.

Boss Paul Warne was delighted for the Welshman, who came back earlier than expected from an ankle injury picked up against Newport earlier this month, to roll in the leveller to cancel out Shayne Lavery’s 76th minute goal which looked to be sending the U’s to the top of the table.

“He came out of a fridge freezer didn’t he,” said Warne of his striker afterwards. “I was chuffed for him, because he came back earlier than expected and he was cool as a cucumber - certainly calmer than me! My blood pressure was through the roof, but I think we more than merited the point.”

The visitors certainly had more of the chances in the early kick-off, with Jon Mellish and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy both squandering great opportunities in the first-half before Joe Tomlinson and Curtis Nelson forced keeper Jake Eastwood into saves as they sought an equaliser.

The game, which pitched second against third in the division, did not deliver the quality their positions intimated, with Warne feeling both sides cancelled each other out.

He continued: “I don’t think we showed enough personality in the first-half, but both sides cancelled each other out. We were both set up similarly.

“After they scored, we played a lot freer, we showed more personality and then created more chances. Cambridge made it really difficult for us, and it wasn’t a good game for the purists, we cancelled each other out. If you can’t win games like that, don’t lose.

“Cambridge have the best home record in the league, they’ve only lost once here, they have the best defensive record too and to be fair to them, they did well to keep us at zero. We had plenty of chances to get a goal so to get one in the 95th minute when we gave away a free kick on our own corner flag in the 94th, I’d never have believed you.

“To score late, for one of the subs to get it, and for Aaron to come back a few weeks earlier gives the dressing room a buzz. But I don’t think we nicked a point, I think we deserved at least one.”