BRIDPORT manager Chris Herbst admitted Axminster 'ruffled up' his side during a hard fought derby on Tuesday night but the team's quality eventually 'shone through'.
The Bees ran out 3-0 winners against the Tigers but it was not as easy as the scoreline suggested.
Herbst admitted that his side struggled and underperformed compared to their 2-0 win away at Torrington at the weekend.
But despite a disjointed performance, new signing Josh Camp opened his account for the club after around 10 minutes as he capitalised on a goalmouth scramble to fire in from six yards from an angle.
In front of their home fans at St Mary's, the Bees doubled their lead around the hour mark as Fred Parsons poked home from close range after following up a shot from one of his teammates.
herbst switched to three at the back and right sided winger Callum Arnold then sealed the points with a strike 20 minutes from home.
It was by the pick of the Bees goals as Arnold played a one-two with Riley Weedon before taking a touch and placing the ball into the far corner.
Speaking after the game, Herbst said: "Axminster ruffled us up and put us under pressure, they only had one shot by they were passing the ball nicely and were bang up for it.
"They put us under a lot of pressure and we couldn't find our Rhythm but in the end our quality shone through.
"But we were not a the races and everyone was deflated afterwards, which pleased me to be honest even though we won."
It means the club has now won their first two games of the season after Saturday's win away at Torrington. Riley Weedon grabbing both goals in that game.
On Saturday's game, Herbst added: "The performances were day an dnight to be honest. Saturday's performance was brilliant, we dominated that game,they had no shots on target. It was especially pleasing as we had eight players missing, a real chucn k of the squad."
Next up for Bridport is a home tie with Folland Sports of the Wessex Premier League in this season's FA Vase on Saturday, August 15.
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