Lincoln boss Michael Skubala hailed his free-scoring side after they hammered Bristol Rovers 5-0.
The impressive Imps took their recent tally to 16 goals in three games with another fine display at Sincil Bank.
Luton loanee Joe Taylor will get the plaudits for a first professional hat-trick, sandwiched between captain Paudie O’Connor’s opener and Reeco Hackett’s late fifth.
Anthony Evans missed a penalty for the visitors, who had a man advantage for the last 15 minutes after Ethan Erhahon was sent off.
“We started well again,” said Skubala, whose side are two points off the play-off spots after a 13th game unbeaten.
“We talk about starting bright, starting fast, and we did that.
“I just said to the boys this is what we do. If you’re going to come and play us you have to be on it.
“Scoring five goals was fantastic. You saw us scoring goals, but we needed our keeper today. Big man Lukas was fantastic. Those are the things that don’t get mentioned when you score loads of goals.
“You saw his and Paudie’s quality today. As much as we talk about goals, we’re getting clean sheets as well. I thought those two were fantastic today.
“I don’t know how many Joe’s scored. I just like people scoring goals. Joe at the minute, his positioning in behind is fantastic.
“He’s improving all the time. That’s why he came here. He’s a real threat to anybody.”
Rovers boss Matt Taylor understandably cut a frustrated figure after his side were put to the sword.
He questioned his players’ desire with a number of them out of contract in the summer.
He said: “We started the game so poorly. There were some diabolical moments, defending for the goals.
“The script was set in terms of what to expect from them. It looked like some couldn’t match it and some looked like they didn’t have the mindset to match it.
“The first goal was embarrassing. Their goals are diabolical defending. They’re my responsibility.
“All I ask is they take more personal pride in their performance. That first half an hour was too poor a showing for me to accept.
“There’s a bigger picture which we all know about. Is that affecting some players on the pitch at the moment? You’re only damaging yourself if you play like that. You only damage yourself and damage your own futures.
“Clarity’s all I need going forward and that’s taught me a little bit more about some of the personality.
“It’s irrelevant about the chances we created. We’ve said so many times about being good about creating, but five goals against. It’s irrelevant.
“You can’t look like a good footballing side at times if you can’t do the basic fundamentals of defending a football game.”
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