Maidstone United manager George Elokobi on his side's 2-0 National League South win over Bath City

George Elokobi had different reasons to praise Maidstone’s goalscorers in their win over Bath.

Antony Papadopoulos put United in front with a second-half penalty, as the visitors had goalkeeper Charlie Binns sent off, and Riley Court’s first league goal clinched a 2-0 victory in added time.

John Gilbert, Sam Corne, Deon Moore and Ruben Carvalho have all missed from the spot this season, with penalties proving problematic for the Stones.

Gilbert held the ball for a long time while Bath reorganised after Binns’ dismissal and brought on substitute goalkeeper Harvey Wiles-Richards.

But it was Papadopoulos who stepped up and sent the replacement the wrong way from the spot.

“It was good to see another penalty taker in Papadopoulos,” said Stones boss Elokobi.

“The players do manage it. We’ve said if you’re feeling confident, then you speak to your team-mate.

“We’ve got designated penalty takers, I’ve designated them, but it’s down to those players how they feel during the game, and I thought Paps was absolutely brilliant in terms of how he started the game, so he was feeling confident.

“He stepped up and tucked it away and that gave us a chance to go on and get that second goal.”

Court ran on to a Papadopoulos pass in the fifth minute of injury time and finished confidently to keep Maidstone eighth in National League South, two points outside the play-offs.

He scored in a Kent Senior Cup tie at Welling last season but this was the 19-year-old’s first league goal for his hometown club.

Report: Maidstone 2-0 Bath

“Riley’s been getting close, he’s been getting closer, and we’ve been making jokes behind closed doors, saying when’s your first goal going to arrive?” said Elokobi.

“We spoke about it at half-time and we said to