Ebbsfleet manager Dennis Kutrieb admitted the challenge provided by Cheshunt in National League South was exactly what he expected.
The Fleet were on the wrong end of a 1-0 scoreline after an early penalty for the home side, who then used every trick in the book to frustrate the Fleet and hold on to what they had.
It worked and Kutrieb admitted his team need to find more in the future. “You could see it was a tough game for us,” said the Fleet boss. “We tried hard again.
Honestly, I told the boys before the game we had to be careful because this is exactly what can happen. “I was expecting this kind of game, this nasty and so many battles, sitting on the floor waiting for treatment and the referee not taking any action and that’s exactly what we tried to prepare the boys for.