Truro go top of the table after Worthing win

Luke Jephcott's fifth goal since moving to Truro on loan proved the difference between the sides

Truro City went top of National League South after winning 2-1 at former leaders Worthing.

The victory sees the Tinners go above Worthing on goal difference, with both sides on 80 points with four games to play.

Dorking Wanderers are third, two points behind, after conceding a late goal in a 1-1 draw at St Albans City.

Will Dean gave Truro the perfect start as he fired home after Worthing failed to deal with Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain's third-minute long throw.

Jaze Kabia had a second goal disallowed a minute later for offside, before Nick Wheeler struck the Truro bar in the eighth minute.

Dan Lavercombe did well to stop chances from Worthing's Temi Babalola before the Tinners keeper brought the forward down at the end of the first half and Danny Cashman converted the resulting penalty.

But Truro retook the lead midway through the second half as Yassine En-Neyah flicked the ball forward and Luke Jephcott got in behind the defence and fired in his fifth goal since joining City on loan.

Truro held on despite Worthing pressure, as Jack Spong saw a header land on the roof of the net while Lavercombe pulled off a superb 90th-minute save to deny Babalola a second equaliser.

"It was vital that we got a result today to stay in it," Truro City manager Joh Askey told BBC Radio Cornwall.

"They've worked really hard, the players, again today and you can't ask any more of them.

"It was a dubious decision that gave them a goal, I thought we were up against it with the refereeing today and we've gone and pulled it out of the bag.

"Results have gone for us as well, so it couldn't have ended up a better day."

The win puts Truro in the driving seat to win the National League South title.

They face bottom half sides Hornchurch and St Albans, as well as eighth-placed Weston-super-Mare and fifth-placed Torquay United on Good Friday. in their run-in.

"There was a feeling that they'd always get more nervy than us," Askey added of Worthing.

"Obviously, they're in top position and want to stay there, they also knew that if they got a draw they would still be in a decent position.

"So we knew we'd got to try and win the game and the lads have worked really hard.

"I wouldn't say we were great, we rode our luck at times, but it doesn't make any difference at this time of the season.

"When you put the effort the players put in they deserve to get three points."