Maidstone United manager George Elokobi’s reaction after 3-1 National League South win over Eastbourne Borough

George Elokobi was impressed with Maidstone’s performance against Eastbourne on Tuesday night.

Long-range strikes from Bivesh Gurung and Antony Papadopoulos were fit to win any game, while Aaron Blair added an injury-time third in a 3-1 victory.

The Stones are 11th in National League South after extending their unbeaten run into double figures.

“It was a tremendous performance from our team, a real controlled performance,” said Stones boss Elokobi.

“What pleased us was the dominance in and out of possession.

“Credit to Eastbourne, we know how they play and they’re a fantastic side.

“We knew we had to be on our A-game in terms of how we pressed to look for those triggers.”

Gurung matched his FA Cup wonder goal against Barrow for the opener, Papadopoulos bent home a great strike from outside the area for 2-1 and Blair pounced after Joseph Wright came racing out of his goal in injury time.

“It was a sublime finish from Bivesh,” said Elokobi.

“He only scores bangers, like we say in football, and it was an excellent hit by him.

“As soon as it went in, it gave us confidence that we could go again.

“We switched off once and got punished for it but then it’s about being resilient and not letting your heads drop but, more importantly, playing on the front foot.

“We knew there were gaps we could exploit and we did that.

“We know Papadopoulos can finish and it’s a great strike.

“Football is instinctive, that’s the beauty of it, and once the ball left his foot, we were celebrating.

“Eastbourne changed their shape two or three times, I think they had four big players up top at one stage.

“It was about game management in that moment and we were still looking to go on and get the third.

Report: Maidstone 3-1 Eastbourne

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