Wycombe Wanderers forward Bez Lubala said he ‘needed to be alert’ as he fired home four goals in the club’s recent 5-3 victory against the Brighton & Hove Albion U21s in the EFL Trophy.

The ex-Burton Albion man started for the first time this season versus the Premier League 2 team where he scored a first-half hat-trick inside a 23 minute spell.

He then got his fourth with a terrific finish moments into the second period, on what was his BSM Trophy debut for the Chairboys.

The forward is now Wanderers’ highest scorer this season, and he hopes to take this form into the next cluster of matches.

Speaking to the Free Press and BBC 3 Counties at full time, Lubala said: “We said before the game that we needed to press them [Brighton U21s] high and force them into mistakes, so I was alert to that.

“But credit to the team as we kept our shape as we wanted for the right moments and the chances presented themselves.

“You’re always hoping to get on the scoresheet and it was a great night getting four goals, and taking my chances the way I did.

“Hopefully the goal-scoring can continue – I am just delighted to get on the scoresheet.”

Lubala heroics at Adams Park came in only his second appearance of the season.

This comes after he suffered a hamstring injury just days before the campaign was due to start, after impressing in pre-season.

But he hopes his injury issues are now behind him.

He continued: “It’s not ideal getting injured before the start of the season as I was doing well in pre-season.

“But I’ve worked hard to get back fit and we’ve been doing very well.

"We’re building momentum and we want to keep moving forward."

The forward became the first player to score four goals in a competitive match for Wycombe since January 2008, when Scott McGleish bagged a quadruple versus Mansfield Town in a 4-0 win.