BRIDPORT manager Chris Herbst was delighted with his sides' 'crazy' and 'bonkers' 7-6 win over title rivals Bovey Tracey last weekend.
Herbst could barely believe what he saw on Saturday as the league's two dominant forces went toe-to-toe in a thrilling encounter in Devon.
Goals from Harley Brook, Sol Ayunga and a brace from Fred Parsons saw Bridport lead 4-3 at the break. Further goals from Parsons, Ayunga and Riley Weedon extended that lead to 7-3 before Bovey Tracey pulled three goals back before the final whistle.
Speaking after the game, Herbst said: "I thought it was going to be a nil-nil or something, it’d be a boring game, but even when we scored two early goals, you just know that they were going to come at us.
"It was just a bonkers game, but we dug in, we held on and we could have scored more but we were sloppy at set pieces."
Four of Bovey's goals came from corners which was something that Herbst said the team will need to look at as they could have won the game more comfortably had their defending at set pieces been better.
On conceding from corners he said: “So that’s something that we’re really disappointed with. They were all very good balls in, don’t get me wrong, but they were all very samey goals that we normally are good at defending.”
The win has also opened up the title again with Bridport now five points clear but Bovey still have four games in hand.
When asked if he prefers being the team with points on the board or games in hand going into the final months of the season, Herbst said: "I like points on the board. We still have to play Bovey again.
"And don’t get me wrong, it’s going to be another massive, massive game, but we still have loads of tough games but they’ve got 15 league games, I think it is. A lot of them are away, so I’ve just got to hope that teams can do us a favor.”
“I know I said I’d be happy with a draw, but in all seriousness, we needed to win that game. So we did. They still have games in hand, but we had to win that game.”
Whilst Herbst admitted Bovey remain 'in the driving seat' he is hopeful the defeat inflicted on them by his side will turn the pressure up in the title race.
He added: "In theory we need to win every game to have a chance of winning the league. We can’t afford to drop points.
"And that’s the pressure on us, but there, there is pressure on them now, but I don’t think we’re feeling the pressure. I think it’s out of our hands, but we know what we’ve got to do."
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