It was all about the result - not the performance - for Ebbsfleet manager Dennis Kutrieb as his side beat Dover on Saturday to progress in the FA Cup.
The Fleet beat Whites, also of National League South, 2-0 to progress to the Third Qualifying Round with a ninth straight victory this season.
Top scorer Dominic Poleon netted his 10th goal of the campaign in the first half before defender Sido Jombati sealed their victory with a second after the restart in front of a crowd of 1,057.
“We wanted to go through, stay in the hat and go to the next round. It was another good performance,” he said.
“I saw better performances but in the FA Cup it’s a different competition, it’s just about getting the result. There was maybe one or two saves from our goalkeeper [Mark Cousins], I don’t know, that’s it in 90 minutes.
“There was impressive defending again and that’s what we need to do.”
The Fleet made five changes and Kutrieb felt recalled Jombati grew nicely into the game, scoring in the 74th minute.
“You could see, from the defensive point of view, we limited them and I can’t remember, from open play, them coming into our box,” the German said.
“Obviously from set-pieces, they are very, very strong and we needed to be there - and we were there, we defended well. They didn’t have many chances and that’s what you need to do.
“Obviously we can do better in possession, especially in the first half. You could see there were a few question marks where we could have done better in certain areas but there’s no time for us to blame anyone.
“It’s normal, if you play week-in, week-out - like Chris Solly and some others - they know the pitches inside out and other players that might not have had enough, like Sido, first half, you could see
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