Chester 2 Darlington 1

Goals: Mottley-Henry 10 mins, 1-0, Lees 64 mins 1-1, Shrimpton 90+6 mins 2-1

Chester scored a winner deep into stoppage time to inflict defeat on Quakers.

It looked as if the visitors, who couldn't get into the game in the first half, would take a point thanks to Toby Lees' equaliser, but Fin Shrimpton scored the winner in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

The result means that Quakers drop to seventh place in the table, with a home game coming up on Tuesday against Buxton.

Here are Steve's thoughts on the game

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Quakers nearly capitalised on a poor Chester pass in the second minute, when the ball was played straight to Cedric Main in the Chester half, but his pass forward to Jack Maskell saw his fellow striker flagged for offside.

Chester took the lead on 10 minutes. Connor Woods struck a powerful shot that Rory Lawson saved but couldn’t hold, and Dylan Mottley-Henry pounced on the rebound.

Chester won the first corner after 4 minutes, the ball was floated in from the left for Kevin Roberts to head wide.

Chester went in search of a second, and Nathan Woodthorpe curled a right foot shot just past the right hand post.

Quakers got their first corner on 26 minutes courtesy of a misplaced back pass by Leigh. McGowan curled the ball over to the back post, where Platt couldn’t quite connect. Chester broke away, and Leigh fired across the face of goal.

The first time Chester keeper Bobby Jones was called into serious action was on 31 minutes when McGowan curled the ball into the area from the right, abd Jones, under pressure from Tom Platt, held on at the second attempt.

Quakers had Aidan Rutledge to thank for a goalline clearance on 35 minutes when a corner dropped to Roberts, who poked the ball towards goal, but Rutledge cleared.

And in Chester’s next attack, Kelly tried a left foot shot from the edge of the area that Watson touched the ball over the bar.

Quakers had a break on 42 minutes when McGowan broke and he slipped Tom Tweedy through on the left, but the winger fired into the side netting.

They had a good spell of pressure before half time, and McGowan had a shot blocked.

They got a free kick just outside the box on half time, but McGowan’s effort went into the wall

Half time 1-0

Chester won a corner at the start of the second half, and nearly scored from it. The ball came over from the left to the far post, where Tom Davies hit the angle of post and crossbar.

Quakers started to show more composure and gained a grip on the game. They had a chance on 49 minutes when Maskell laid the ball off for Rutledge, who tried a right foot shot that went a yard wide of the right hand upright.

Then Tweedy, out on the left, curled a good ball into the middle that nobody could get on the end of.

Rutledge then went on a good run past two men, but he could only fire straight at the keeper.

Howells then came for Griffiths, and Quakers started to pose more questions of the Chester defence.

They equalised from a corner on 64 minutes when McGowan floated the ball over to the far post, where Toby Lees headed firmly past Jones for his fourth goal of the season.

The game went end to end after that , and Quakers had the next best chance on 80 minutes when Main set up Maskell, who hit a right foot shot that Jones saved at full stretch to his left.

Chester had the ball in the net on 81 minutes, but the ball had already gone out of play.

Both sides were going for the winner, Rutledge had a shot blocked, while Watson saved at Mottley-Henry's feet.

Maskell tried a shot on the turn, and the ball went just past the far post.

Quakers made their third sub on 85 minutes, Jonah Lowes coming on for Maskell, and he had a chance when Main laid a Howells cross off to him, but he scooped the ball over the bar.

But in stoppage time, Shrimpton pounced on a loose ball after Watson saved well from Burgess, and sidefooted the winner.

In the closing seconds, Lees went off with a hamstring injury and was subbed by Alfie Myers-Smith. Howells also inished the game with a hamstring injury.

Full time Chester 2 Darlington 1

Team: Watson, Forbes, Lees (sub Myers-Smith 94), Barrow, Griffiths (sub Howells 55), Platt, McGowan, Tweedy (sub Hedley 79), Rutledge, Maskell (sub Lowes 85), Main

Subs; McGrath, Barton,

Bookings: Main 18, Rutledge 18