Notts County boss Luke Williams has pinpointed the influence of assistant Ryan Harley in Macaulay Langstaff's opening goal against Wealdstone on Tuesday evening.
Langstaff was on target once again for the Magpies, taking just three minutes to open the scoring at Grosvenor Vale after latching on to an incisive pass from Ruben Rodrigues before curling the ball beyond Samuel Howes.
As the ball nestled into the back of the net, the Portuguese midfielder instantly acknowledged the Notts bench and pointed towards the coaching staff on the side-lines.
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Williams revealed that leading up the fixture against the Royals, the coaching staff had worked closely on that drilled pass into the feet of Langstaff to create a goal-scoring opportunity in between the two central defenders.
And speaking ahead of the visit of Torquay to Meadow Lane on Saturday afternoon, the Magpies head coach explained Rodrigues' gesture was not intended for him, but for his assistant after their preparations during the week.
"First of all, I think he is pointing at Ryan Harley," explained Williams.
"Of course, the way the team plays are under my instruction, but Ryan Harley, Joao Alves and George Lawtey on the training pitch, every day, they are trying to take messages from myself and create an environment and training exercise where the guys can really try to practice.
"It is a difficult skill to try and create a similar action in the game when it is live and it's quickened, and a real opponent to try and recreate that same scenario from the training ground.
"I think the gesture is towards Ryan I am sure, because he spends a lot of time really trying to create this kind of thing.
"But I was really happy because I see the guys working on this particular action and it was delivered brilliantly.
"It was a very satisfying feeling for the team on the pitch, and the team off it to feel like they created something together which was brilliant."
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