Report

QK maintained their pressure on leaders Liphook with a fine win against strugglers Liss. From the start it was clear they were in no mood to let this game slip. Onslaught after onslaught showed Liss that they were in for a tough game and were it not for the offside flag, could have been 2 up in the opening 15 minutes. Then the inevitable happened in the 21^st minute. After sustained pressure around the Liss box, Mike Nailor managed to thread the ball to Ben Penfold to neatly shoot past the keeper. QK kept up the pressure but were then dealt a blow when, in the 28^th minute, Curtis Blake picked up on a loose ball and with the QK defenders fast asleep, he found loads of space to leave himself with just the keeper to beat which he did. This however was as much as Liss could manage and the home side were back on the attack again. Then in the 38^th minute, Penfold passed the ball across the goal to Andy Wood ho hammered a shot past a helpless keeper to make it 2-1 to QK.

The second half started just as frenetic as the first, although Liss came more into the game. However, QK kept up the pressure and were it not for Clark in the Liss goal would have scored a ahtful. But then in the 76^th minute, Penfold again found space to let fly and score his second. Just 5 minutes later after a great move with Penfold slipped the ball to Mike Nailor who in turn passed wide to Martyn Randall who let fly a left foot screamer which gave the keeper no chance and sew the game up for QK. This was a thoroughly well deserved win for QK and gave them a firm foundation for the games ahead.