CARL Macauley admitted his Witton Albion side knew they could not afford to slip up after they came from behind to beat Chasetown on Saturday.

They were on course to suffer back-to-back league defeats for the first time this season when James Dance put the Scholars in front after an hour.

However three goals in an eight-minute spell stunned the hosts before substitute Karl Noon’s strike sealed a 4-1 success.

“It’s massive win,” said Macauley.

“It was important we got a result, even though we knew it would be a tough ask with key players missing.

“We’d have been upset to have lost; we created more chances than they did, and their goalkeeper was busier than ours.

“There was a moment though after they’d taken the lead when I wondered where an equaliser would come from.”

He need not have worried.

Prince Haywood arced a perfectly-placed shot in off an upright to level before Steven Tames, aided slightly by a defender’s touch, steered in a second little more than a minute later.

Chasetown, unbeaten in seven home fixtures since losing to Shaw Lane on the opening day of the campaign, were too stunned to respond.

Macauley said: “Prince scored a special goal, and it’s those moments that turn a game your way – it was brilliantly-executed.

“We had a bit of luck for the second, which deflated them.

“We’ve been in this position before though, haven’t we?

“It’s important for the lads not to let their heads drop, and it would have been easy to do that after having the majority of play before going behind.”

He saved praise for defender Scott Lycett, who only completed a transfer back to Witton from Sutton Coldfield on Friday.

The 29-year-old played alongside Michael Wilson in the continued absence of Anthony Brown, who is still recovering from a knee injury.

“Scott is new to us, and isn’t familiar with what we do,” added Macauley.

“He hasn’t trained with us, so it’s impossible to get that understanding straightaway.

“I like how aggressive he is though, and I couldn’t have asked for more on his debut.”