Airdrieonians scored twice in the final six minutes to consign Dumbarton to defeat in a crazy clash at The Rock.Finlay Gray’s superb opener and a Jinky Hilton brace had Sons 3-1 up and in dreamland against the Championship Diamonds, who had scored eight without reply against East Kilbride midweek.But goals from Rhys Armstrong, Terrell Agyemang and Ben Wilson completed a remarkable turnaround for Rhys McCabe’s visitors - leaving Sons shellshocked.However boss Stevie Farrell heaped praise on his side for their showing.He said: “We’ll not play against a team as good as Airdrie in our league.

If we play like we did on Saturday in 90 percent of games this season then we’ll do okay.“We’re not shying away from the last 20 minutes where we’ve given too many cheap goals away.“But we’ve had so many chances and there’s a lot to be happy about.

As well as the scoreline to be disappointed with.“I was delighted with so much of the performance.”Farrell again rotated his squad for the visit of the Diamonds, making five changes to his starting 11 from the midweek defeat to Queen of the South as Brett Long, Matty Shiels, Sena Niang, Kalvin Orsi and David Wilson all returned to the starting lineup.Both sides’ attacking intent was clear from the off as Airdrie’s Cameron Bruce had an effort cleared off the line before Finlay Gray and Matty Shiels both went close for Sons.Strong play from Gray then saw him rob Dean McMaster of possession and drive in on goal, the midfielder’s pass for Jinky Hilton was blocked - but the ball fell for Craig McGuffie who saw his curling effort pushed wide by Diamonds stopper Kieran Wright.It was then Airdrie’s time to threaten as Aaron Reid outmuscled Mark Durnan only to find Brett Long in his way - with the

Dumbarton 3-4 Airdrieonians - Diamonds leave it late to break Sons' hearts

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