Maidstone United manager George Elokobi on his side’s 3-0 National League South victory at Hampton & Richmond

Manager George Elokobi enjoyed everything about Maidstone’s win at Hampton & Richmond on Saturday.

The Stones won 3-0 at the Beveree Stadium with goals from Tom Leahy - his first since joining on loan from Millwall last month - and two for leading scorer Aaron Blair.

They remain seventh in National League South but now have a four-point lead over Weston in the race for a play-off place after the Someset club drew 1-1 with Chesham.

And there’s still only seven points separating the top seven going into the final six matches, although leaders Worthing have a game in hand to play at Hornchurch on Tuesday.

Maidstone had gone away five games without scoring but found their touch against a Hampton side on a run of nine defeats in 11.

“It was an extremely brilliant, amazing performance,” said Elokobi.

“I really liked our character from start to finish.

“The intent was there in terms of how we wanted to play, how dominant we wanted to be, playing on the front foot, denying them territory.

“Hampton, you’ve got to give credit to the job Alan Julian has done here, they are a possession-based team and if you allow them to build from the back and maintain it through the mid to final third, they can hurt you.

“So our strategy was to ensure we stay on the front foot, deny them those territories and ensure we were ready if they went over the top as well, and I thought we were commanding, especially at the back.

“I thought the back four dealt with all the aerial challenges, winning first phases and the midfield picking up the second phases.

“But, more importantly, it was about us making sure when we land on the ball, we put in a sequence of passes and that’s how we got the first goal, by being patient after nullifying their strength and