Wycombe Wanderers midfielder Luke Leahy has admitted that his late winner against Mansfield Town on Tuesday evening was meant as a cross.

The Chairboys’ vice captain’s first-time delivery looped over Stags keeper Christy Pym in the third minute of injury time as Matt Bloomfield’s side made it 10 wins in a row in all competitions.

For Leahy, it was redemption after he missed a penalty in the recent 3-2 away win at Lincoln City, which was his second failed spot kick of the campaign.

He has now scored five for the season, with each goal coming in the last eight games.

The result means Wycombe remain top of League One, four points clear of Wrexham in second.

Speaking to the press at full time, Leahy said: “It was a cross, but when you are doing well, those sort of things go in and it’s a great feeling.

“We stuck at it and it was a great feeling at the end with all the boys, as it shows what the thing we have got at the moment.

“I missed a penalty on Saturday and it’s one of those things where this [the goal] makes up for that personal setback for me, even though we won [against Lincoln on Saturday].

“You see the scenes at the end, we have this never say die attitude and long may that continue.”

Since joining Wycombe last summer from Shrewsbury Town, Leahy has scored 17 goals in 69 matches.