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Luke Williams has highlighted the importance of his team learning lessons from their second half performance against Barnet which resulted in their dominating display over Scunthorpe at the weekend.

The Magpies cruised to a comfortable 4–0 win against the Iron at Meadow Lane, with Macaulay Langstaff taking his campaign total to 39 goals, equaling a 93-year-old club record for most goals in a league campaign.

A win for Notts at J. Davidson Stadium tomorrow night will see them reclaim top spot from Wrexham having played two more games than Phil Parkinson’s side.

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Williams regarded his team’s first-half performance at The Hive Stadium as one of the best he had witnessed from his players this season, but he shook off a set piece right at half time that saw the points shared at the North London despite having several opportunities. In the second half.

And the Notts head coach explained that in the build-up to his team’s win over the Iron, the courage to gauge their second-half display proved instrumental in another strong performance from their side.

“I felt like they played the game until we conceded the goal, they played it in a way that showed me they were totally focused on the moment and playing the game in front of them.”

“We try to learn lessons from the second 45 minutes, and we have to remember that Barnet are very good, they are fifth in the league, so we showed a weakness and they pounced on it.

“So the message has been to keep concentrating on a good performance, and I felt like we came back from the first 45 minutes at Barnet and played a 90-minute game in the same frame of mind.”

Tomorrow night, the Magpies travel to 13th-ranked Altrincham, a side whose season has been littered with inconsistencies.

Alty managed to beat Woking, Barnet, Solihull Moors and Southend in their most recent National League game, with the eighth-best home record in the division.

But there was a lot of talk on social media about the playing conditions on the pitch at J. Davidson Stadium, specifically during the England C match against Wales last week.

With three games in the space of seven days, Williams accepted that while the playing conditions may not be ideal, his team must not lose focus on returning to Meadow Lane with all three points.

“We have to deal with it, they have to deal with it too and they are a very good football team so there is no excuse for the pitch.

“Yes, the moments of free and fair play can be more difficult and you have to concentrate more on the simple passes that you can take for granted on other nights.

“As the head coach, I have to accept that the players are going to make an unusually weak pass, but the opposition has the same thing too.

“We’ve played on some courses where it’s been difficult to play and they cause you a problem, and if you’re not connected, we know the problem it can cause, so we know we have to have the right mindset to deal with that.” .”

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