Dartford captain Luke Coulson praised by coach Martin Tyler after scoring one and setting up three goals in 4-2 National League South win over Weston-super-Mare

Martin Tyler was full of praise for Dartford captain Luke Coulson after he scored and one and set up three other goals against Weston-super-Mare on Tuesday night.

First-team coach Tyler was delighted to see Coulson lead from the front after what had been a disjointed start to the game from the home side.

“Luke Coulson was deservedly man-of-the-match,” said Tyler. “Four wins in a row at home is solid.

“Luke put our penalty away very well, as he did at Hemel on Saturday. He was a real leader of the pack, I’m very pleased for him as he is a very conscientious player.

“He’s a coach as well (at Bromley’s academy) so he’s got plenty to challenge us on as staff, and we like those challenges.

“Luke was involved in pretty much everything we did well. He played a huge part in the second half and we ended up with a win, not without the Dartford scare at the end.

“It wasn’t the perfect performance, no-one is pretending that but four goals in this league takes a bit of doing.”

Tyler admitted that keeper Mitchell Beeney’s first-half penalty save was the turning point in the game.

Beeney got down well to his left to keep out former Exeter and Plymouth frontman Reuben Reid’s spot-kick. They bounced back to run out 4-2 winners.

“I think the game turned on it,” he said. “We missed a penalty at Hampton to go 4-3 up with a few minutes to go and I’m sure we would have won that game.

“These things happen. I’ve seen the greatest players take penalties and you’re never sure, the goalkeepers seem to get bigger and the goal smaller when you have that responsibility.

“It was a really interesting game. They started really quickly. Had the penalty not been saved we might have been having a very different conversation.

“The truth is that Mitchell