Russell brace a highlight for Mansfield Town on frustrating afternoon against AFC Wimbledon

Jamaican international Russell twice put Mansfield ahead, but a mistake and a needless penalty gifted the Dons equalisers in an exciting game on a sodden pitch.

Russell gave his best display so far since arriving on loan from Barnsley and he said: “I am just getting back into it as I wasn't playing very much at Barnsley.

“Coming here on loan is a massive help to me getting back into it and showcase what I can do and be as effective as I can for this team.”

Victor Adeboyejo set up Russell for his seventh minute opener and a superb through ball from Tyler Roberts sent him away for the second after James Tilley had levelled from a loose Frazer Blake-Tracy pass.

Dons then levelled through a Matty Stevens penalty on 58 minutes after a foul by Deji Oshilaja.

“I was happy with my two goals and the assists from Victor and Tyler and I now want to build on that,” said Russell.

“Vic showed his strength to set up my first goal with an unselfish pass.

“Then it was a perfectly-weighted ball from Tyler to see my run and to score a second goal was massive for me. I now hope to take that into the next game.

“It was Tyler's first start since injury so I hope he builds on that, as effective as he is, and helps the team.”

On the game overall, he said: “We did really well today and were very unfortunate not to get three points.

“Everyone is feeling it in the changing room and we all know we should have got a better result.

“We gave them a sniff and we shouldn't have.

“They were silly mistakes from us but overall it was a good performance.

“We were all over them at 1-0, so to give them a chance is frustrating and gave them a bit of confidence.

“To then give them a second was very frustrating.

“We still had a lot of chances to put the game to sleep. Maybe the pitch didn't help and our decision-making wasn't great.

“How we didn't score one of our second half chances and finish them off baffles me and it hurts for all of us in that changing room.

“Results are just not going our way and it is very annoying.

“It is fine margins and we are giving the opposition too many chances.”