Dover Athletic boss Jake Leberl on his promotion-chasing team’s 4-2 Isthmian Premier win over Hendon

Boss Jake Leberl felt there were lessons to learn from promotion-chasing Dover’s Isthmian Premier home win over relegation-threatened Hendon on Saturday.

With just three league fixtures to go this season, Whites, on a four-game winning run, are fourth.

They raced into a two-goal lead within 15 minutes through an own goal and a second that was claimed by Luke Baptiste, only for the Greens to pull one back through one-time Chatham player Kofi Anokye-Boadi before half-time.

Second-half Dover goals from man-of-the-match Baptiste and midfielder Ryan Hanson then left a Hendon second by Olusanya Fadahunsi a mere consolation and it finished 4-2 at Crabble.

Leberl said: “Obviously, we’re really pleased to get the three points at this stage of the season.

“That’s all, really, that counts. That makes it four wins on the spin so I can’t complain about that.

“The game was a strange game. Obviously, we got a goal early - a little bit of a fluke goal - and then we were the very dominant team. I actually felt we came off it a little bit.

Report: Dover 4-2 Hendon

“We should have put them to bed in the first half where we had a few chances. We started making some sloppy decisions and became a little bit lacklustre, which allowed them back in from a set-piece, which was disappointing.

“I wasn’t too happy at half-time because we gave them a chance. The game should have been dead and buried - and it wasn’t. They’re fighting for their lives so anything can happen when it’s 2-1, can’t it? An own goal, a penalty or whatever.

“But to be fair, the boys understood it. They knew themselves and I thought we played some really nice stuff (in the second half), and I think the third goal was an absolutely amazing goal.

“I couldn’t be prouder, but