Maidstone United manager George Elokobi says defenders are privileged to learn from him following 2-0 victory at Dartford

George Elokobi said it was a privilege for defenders to learn from him after Maidstone’s victory at Dartford.

The Stones made it back-to-back clean sheets with their 2-0 win over the Darts at Princes Park.

Reiss Greenidge impressed in the middle of a three-man defence with Paul Appiah and Harry Kyprianou either side as George Fowler started a three-match ban.

Boss Elokobi was impressed as Greenidge came out on top against brother Jordan but it’s all about keeping standards high.

“When you’re playing in the centre of the three, that we’re playing today, you have to make sure that you’re switched on at all times,” said the former Wolves defender.

“You have to cover both centre-halves by your side and make sure nothing goes past you, that you’re organsied and win those aerial duels and he was very good, but there’s still plenty to carry on working on.

“You can never rest on your laurels with George Elokobi because I always find that extra work to give you, always find that extra little bit of skill that you need to learn and who is not privileged to be learning from someone like myself, to be honest?

“And that’s why we keep working and we keep making them better all the way to the end of the season, one game at a time, one training sesson at a time, but it’s not just Reiss, it’s the entire backline and those on the bench as well.

“If you call yourself a defensive player, you’ve got to put in the work and everyone is putting in the work to make sure when it comes to game day then they can show their skills.”

Maidstone are back in the National League South play-off places after completing the double over relegation-threatened Dartford, moving up two spots to sixth.

Liam Sole struck in added time at the end of the first half