BEN TOLLITT had mixed emotions after firing Wrexham to the top of the National League.

The winger, on loan from Tranmere Rovers, scored both goals as the Reds beat Boreham Wood 2-0 to make it four wins in a row.

But although Wrexham are strong contenders for the title with 12 games to go, it is bittersweet for Tollitt.

The 24-year-old has been at The Racecourse on 28-day loan deals and will have to return to Tranmere after his final one month stint ends following the clash with Maidstone United on March 16.

Tollitt will miss the last seven games of the season in the race for promotion but has vowed to give his all in the next five matches.

"A perfect night," said Tollitt. "Going top of the league and me personally getting a couple of goals, you can't ask for more."

On the news he won't feature in the run-in, Tollitt added: "I am gutted I can't stay for any longer.

"I didn't know that was the rule. I was just told that we were doing it month to month and I was just going along with it.

"I have just got to get my head round it that I am not going to be here until the end of the season.

"I can't think negatively at it. I have got to, and I will do, give everything that I can towards the end of this month that I am here.

"But I have said to the guys that for as long as I am here, I will contribute as well as I can to get you where you need to be because since I have been here I have realised you should not be where you are.

"Not too big for this league, because you shouldn't under-estimate any league, but Wrexham definitely deserve to be in a higher league."

Tollitt has been the main benefactor of Bryan Hughes' appointment as Wrexham manager earlier this month.

After making six substitute appearances, including a debut goal in the Boxing Day mauling of Salford City, Tollitt failed to make the squad for Graham Barrow's final two games at the helm, but he has started all three games under Hughes and is revelling in his role.

"The gaffer knows what I can do going forward so he just said to me whatever I see going forward, just play what I think and don't think about it too much," said Tollitt.

"Just believe in myself, get out there and do what I do.

"I think with every start I am getting better and better, sharper and sharper. This is the first time this season that I have started three games in a row so if I carry on I believe I will get better."

Both sides cancelled each other out in the first half but Wrexham stepped up a gear after the break to seal victory, and Tollitt felt the players carried out Hughes' instructions perfectly.

"He gives us all his ideas and plans what we have worked on throughout the week at the beginning of the game and unless something really bad happens, that doesn't change," said Tollitt.

"We came in at half-time and he said 'you have earned the right to go and play. You have battled hard against a team that was just lumping it in there and being really physical.'

"In the second half it was just all about when the spaces open up, which they were going to do because we knew that they'd tire, to just take advantage of it."

Tollitt's goals came in front of the end that housed nearly 250 travelling supporters at Meadow Park.

"I love football so much that I don't think there is any better feeling than scoring a goal and being appreciated like that by the fans," added Tollitt.

"It is brilliant."