Barnet 1-0 Notts County

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Alex Nicholls scored an injury-time winner against Notts County to secure a first win of 2018 for League Two basement side Barnet.

Nicholls' goal, which came in the third minute of stoppage time, was a powerful effort from the edge of the area.

Barnet's Ruben Bover had a shot saved and County's Noor Husin fired wide from 12 yards in the early stages of the game.

The end-to-end start continued with Magpies forward Jonathan Forte breaking clear on goal only to be denied by a superb last-ditch tackle by Charlie Clough before he could get his shot away.

Nicholls had a low effort saved by Adam Collin before Forte dragged an effort wide.

Just after half-time, Craig Ross had to use his feet to stop Forte from breaking the deadlock.

At the other end, Jordan Nicholson had a shot saved and Simeon Akinola hit the rebound into the side-netting.

With the game heading for a draw, Nicholls' superb effort gave the Bees a shock win over promotion-chasing County.

With relegation rivals Chesterfield and Forest Green having games postponed, Barnet reduced the gap to safety to four points.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

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