Redbridge boss George Christou is looking to set the record straight against Halstead this weekend, after seeing his side take over at the top of the Essex Senior League table.

Motormen ran out 4-0 winners over Barking last weekend to move one point above long-time leaders Enfield, who suffered a second successive defeat but have two games in hand.

And that made it 11 games unbeaten in all competitions - and 10 successive clean sheets - for Christou's men since their 2-0 loss at Halstead on November 15.

"Halstead beat us in mid-November and we will look to put that right on Saturday and keep getting three points," said Christou.

"The most important thing is we keep winning. If we win 5-4, we've still won.

"It's nice to keep clean sheets, good defences win you league titles, and it's very positive to be challenging now.

"A month ago it looked dead and buried, with Enfield 10 points clear with games in hand. They're now one point behind us with two games in hand.

"We've put the pressure on them but there's a long way to go and other teams below us keep winning. We don't want to get too sidetracked, we just focus on us."

Tony Martin opened the scoring on 44 minutes against Barking, with his 14th goal of the season, and Motormen struck three times in six minutes after the restart as George Purcell netted either side of an Abs Thompson effort.

"Barking were playing in the league above last year, have got good structure, good players and facilities making good money. To win 4-0 was very pleasing.

"In the first half, for 20-25 minutes, Barking gave us problems, got on the ball and moved it well," added Christou.

"Once we got our mojo, we started creating chances and just needed to score to settle us down, which Tony Martin did just before half-time, which is always a good time to score.

"We then said, 10 minutes of hard work, take your chances and we could blow them away - and we scored three in seven minutes and it was all done.

"I knew if we'd get a second, we'd go on and score more."

Christou also feels his side's impressive defensive record is having a psychological impact on their opponents.

They had not conceded since a 4-2 win over Southend Manor on November 19, heading into a midweek cup tie at Takeley, where the boss was going to ring the changes.

"It must be daunting for other teams, coming to a team that hasn't conceded for nine games, it's tough," he said.

"It's good for us, but others will want to break that record. The most important thing is we keep winning. If we win 5-4, we've still won.

"Our priorities have changes because of our form. We've got hungry players wanting their shirt back. It's a strong group and it'll be good to take a look at the reserves and some of the youngsters as well."