Ebbsfleet United manager Dennis Kutrieb reacts to 6-2 home win over Hampton & Richmond in National League South

Ebbsfleet hit six of the best against Hampton on Saturday but boss Dennis Kutrieb still wasn’t overly impressed.

The Fleet remain on course for the National League South title after stretching their lead to 11 points at the top with a 6-2 win at Stonebridge Road.

But the two goals conceded irked their manager, who was left demanding higher standards from his team in defensive areas.

Kutrieb didn’t want to sound arrogant but knows there are still areas for his players to tighten up on.

“I don’t think it was that easy a game, as you could see, they were able to play football,” he said.

“We needed to make sure we were ruthless and that’s what we have done. I’ve been happier after games because we haven’t played a great game but that is almost arrogant to say after six goals scored.

“We have had a good game going forward but two goals conceded is too many. You can’t concede two goals as you can’t always rely on strikers to score five goals between them and then Toby Edser on top of it with the sixth.

“We need to defend better as a team. It’s not about the goalkeeper, the back three, back four, whatever.

“It’s just we need to be up for it from the first minute and last minute. We can’t give anyone the chance to get back into the game as we did when they scored the second goal.

“Going down 1-0 so early can cause us many problems as we’ve seen earlier in the season so there we have to do better.

“Obviously, I’m happy we scored six goals. I think it was a great game of football, a great game to watch.”

The Fleet are really cranking up the pressure on the teams at the top. It was an eighth victory in nine games and comes during a period when Kutrieb’s men are playing every midweek.

They travel to St Albans on Tuesday night, with