Chester FC joint manager Anthony Johnson believes his side have put themselves in a great position in their promotion challenge.
The Seals came from a goal behind to beat AFC Telford 2-1 as they moved up to third place.
Goals from Akwasi Asante and Anthony Dudley either side of half time grabbed the three points for Chester as their promotion rivals failed to hit back.
Three points was mission accomplished for Johnson in what he described as a six-point match: “I think when you play a side who if they’d have beaten us, they’d have gone level with us, it was a six pointer” he said. “It’s put a nice little gap between us and Telford now.”
With results going their way elsewhere, Chester were able to take advantage of their rivals’ slip-ups, which eased the pressure for Johnson and his team.
“We’re all going to drop points between now and the end of the season but when you win and everyone else drops points it always makes it that bit of a sigh of relief” he said.
The Blues boss will not be taking anything for granted though: “We’ll have more blips, we’ll have defeats, we’ll have draws, they’ll win and that’s the way it is, it’s the nature of the beast.”
Despite a great victory over their league rivals, there is still work to do for Chester if they are to achieve their goals at the end of the season.
“They scored against the run of the play, fuming about the goal being a set piece because we knew what a danger they’d be” Johnson added.
“So, obviously that upset us a bit and obviously the last 10 minutes of the game where they’ve got 10 against 11 and they’ve had a few corners from very sloppy play from ourselves.”
But those issues could not overshadow the result and what it means for Johnson’s side moving forward: “Disappointed with that but fantastic performance, great result and gives us that bit of momentum.”
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