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Park life proving a hit with Walsall's Liam Bennett

Liam Bennett has revealed he’s been putting in extra shooting work at his local park to start adding goals to his game.

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Bennett, on loan from Cambridge, netted his first senior goal in the defeat to Mansfield on Saturday. His first-half thunderbolt drew his side level before they shipped a late goal against the Stags.

And the 20-year-old wing-back has revealed how is extra hours of practice helped him find the net.

He explained: “I am happy with it, it is just a shame it counted for nothing. I want to improve and Thursday is our day off, so I went down the local park for an hour to do some finishing on my own, to make sure I was ready.

“I have put a lot of crosses in recently but I need to get some finishing done, so when I get my chance I managed to take it. But you don’t get the facilities at the park like you do at the training ground, so you have to make sure you hit the target.”