Maidstone United 1 Truro City 2 match report: Reiss Greenidge cancels out Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain’s opener but Tyler Harvey scores 89th-minute winner

Maidstone suffered their first defeat of the season after late drama at the Gallagher Stadium.

Stones substitute Reiss Greenidge appeared to have rescued a point with five minutes remaining after cancelling out Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain’s first-half opener.

But there was another twist as Tyler Harvey’s 89th-minute effort was adjudged to have crossed the line by a linesman, much to the frustration of home fans.

Boss George Elokobi made three changes from the opening-day win at St Albans.

Arj Krasniqi and Riley Court came in for injured duo Jordan Higgs and Charlie Seaman, while Jon Benton made his first start in place of Shaq Coulthirst.

Truro, beaten by Dorking in the first match at their new ground last weekend, were good value for their half-time lead.

Maidstone looked strangely subdued in a flat opening 45 at the Gallagher and Truro made them pay.

The warning signs were there with George Fowler making a crucial challenge after a strong run by Dominic Johnson-Fisher took him into the box, then Alexis Andre Jr made a fine save after Will Dean’s clever pass sent Tyler Harvey through on goal.

Momentum was building for the visitors and they led in the 20th minute when Dean’s free-kick from the left was nodded back across goal for Oxlade-Chamberlain to head home from a yard out.

Sam Smith made a good block from Dean, who later blazed over when well-placed to score after a swift Truro counter-attack.

For Maidstone, a double goalline block denied Blair and then Court late in the half after Ben Brookes ran on to a lovely Sam Corne pass and squared across the six-yard box.

That was pretty much it for the home side in the first half, other than a couple of efforts off target from Blair, the first from Matt Bentley’s flick and