Exeter City climb up the table after impressive away win

Following City’s 4-0 victory away in Scunthorpe, Exeter manager Paul Tisdale was pleased with the result and the performance of his team as the Grecians went level on points with the division’s leaders Chesterfield.

He also conceded that the result didn’t reflect well on the home side, who had attacked with intent and purpose throughout the fixture.

Resolute defending was a must from Tis’s men, and a manful defensive display ensured the Grecians came away with no additional goals in the ‘conceded’ column in the Sky Bet League 2 table.

It was that defensive solidity that gave the Grecians a base to build from, which is where Tis directed the bulk of his praise.

“It’s a fantastic result,” said Tis. “It’s all about whether you score more than the opposition, and we did. That’s the most important statistic of them all.

“Scunthorpe looked a really good team, and four-nil didn’t do them justice today, but that’s football. We were on the wrong end of it last week and we were on completely the correct end of it this week.

“What gave us the platform was the defending. We were patient and covered the right areas, and tougher in the box. They were a good side and we had to be really focused, have a capacity to concentrate and to be tough defensively and we did.

“I’m sure they will be disappointed with the amount of shots they had and because they had so much of the ball, but we’re good at playing that way and it came good today.”

The scoreline belied an even game, and Paul admitted that the Grecians weren’t always on the front-foot – but that when they were able to be more creative, they caused problems to the Iron’s rearguard.