Michael Kay is savouring his new role as a goalscoring defender for Chester FC.
The 26-year-old had to wait until his 73rd appearance to break his duck but his equaliser in the win at Southport midweek was his second goal this term having netted in the defeat at Woking earlier in the campaign.
Ben Heneghan outdid him last season eight goals to none and Kay admits he’s enjoying being above his team-mate in the scoring charts.
"I did tell him when I was running back after scoring that I’ve now gone above him,” said the ex-Tranmere Rovers man.
"I think it’ll be a big feat to match his goalscoring record from last season but I’m just happy to have got my first goal for the club earlier in the season and now to get another because it’s a nice feeling.
"The equaliser was a bit of a blur really and I couldn’t explain how I did it but it got us back in the game and from then on there was only one team going to win it.
"The dressing room was buzzing because we’ve had a bit of a tough spell lately and when we went 1-0 down again we felt the pressure on us
"I was a bit disappointed with their goal because I thought we played quite well in the first-half, we had the majority of the ball and we looked the better team so to concede another goal like that felt like ‘here we go again’.
"But at half-time the gaffer didn’t shout, he knew how the game was going and that we had to keep sticking to it and to get two late goals like that was a great way to win the game."
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Chester trialled a three-man defence on Tuesday night with Kay lining up next to Heneghan and captain Ian Sharps.
Despite having more of the ball, the Blues fell behind to a first-half Louis Almond strike and a third defeat in a row loomed as time ran down.
But with 11 minutes to go Kay levelled with a smart finish and then Craig Mahon, whose impact off the bench was central to the comeback, netted the winner with five minutes left on the clock.
Kay said: "Goals are massive in games. You always try to say if you concede don’t let it affect you but naturally it happens.
"If you score you get a boost, if you concede you deflate a bit. Once we got the first goal I really thought we were going to go and win it, and the substitutes made a big impact especially Craig, who was very lively and exactly what we needed."
