Kevin Nolan delighted with Jorge Grant moments of magic

Notts County boss Kevin Nolan has praised Jorge Grant after the loanee came off the bench to bag a brace in a 2-0 win against Chesterfield on Saturday.

The 22-year-old nodded home the opener on the hour in the League Two encounter at Meadow Lane before curling an audacious free kick into the back of the net in injury time.

The performance and result are far removed from the opening-day mess in which the Magpies lost 3-0 at Coventry City and builds on the good display at Scunthorpe United in midweek.

“Jorge is a talent and we worked so hard with him when he was on loan with us last year,” Nolan told the Nottingham Post.

“It’s a credit to him that he wanted to come back and work under us again this season.

“We give him that freedom and confidence to go out and play. When you are given that trust by the manager, the staff and the players, you can produce moments of magic like he did.

“I was delighted with his contribution and his reaction to not being in the starting XI. We took the decision not to play him from the off because he didn’t train on Thursday because of a tight hamstring.

“It was about wrapping him up in cotton wool a little bit and making sure we had that talent on the bench.

“You want those players who don’t start, to show the right type of attitude and I felt that all three of our substitutes contributed to the game.”

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