DORCHESTER Town coach Jason Brookes admitted his side had to "dig deep" but was eventually pleased after the club picked up their fourth league win of the campaign against Tiverton.
It was another three points for the Magpies at the Avenue as they continued their 100 per cent record at home thanks to first half strikes from Jayden Nielsen and Matty Burrows.
Nielsen opened his account for the club after Ethan Taylor set up Burrows who watched his initial effort cleared off the line before squaring the rebound to Nielsen who made no mistake in giving the hosts the lead.
Burrows capped a man of the match performance with a goal of his own shortly after as he drove into the box as Dorchester counterattacked to rifle home from a narrow angle before the half hour mark.
Burrows had more chances to extend the Magpies lead before the break but could only find the bar and Tivvy keeper Louis Smith in an impressive display from the winger.
Ryan Hall was called into action late on in the half to keep the score at 2-0 but Dorchester dominated the opening 45 minutes.
Speaking after the game to the club's media team, Brookes said: "Yeah, just really pleasing to get the win first and foremost.
"Bit of a game of two halves, I think. First half I felt we grew into the game and then we managed to get some good control."
"We looked really good on the counterattack, which ultimately we got some nice goals from as well."
After the break Tivvy looked to respond and managed to claw a goal back 11 minutes from time through Josh Bissett as Dorchester struggled to put the game to bed.
It left for a nervy ending as they held on for the win, thanks partly to a superb save by Hall in added time.
On losing control after the break, Brookes said: "Maybe second half we lost a bit of that control that we had and you could just sense a little bit in there.
"The lads were a little bit disappointed that we didn't kill the game off the way we felt we should have."
Despite allowing Tivvy back into the game, Brookes was pleased with how the team regrouped to ensure taking all three points and keep their winning run going.
"But then we had to dig deep after that," explained the Magpies coach.
"Maybe in years gone by, from Dorchester's point of view, we've had times where we haven't got over the line or we haven't seen those games out."
He added:"As they put some pressure on us second half, we then adapted quite well and we saw it out.
"There were a few balls in the box at the end that we had to defend. So that was pleasing as well."
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