Darren Moore called for Port Vale to keep the momentum going in their survival bid after they registered their first home victory since he took over.
Vale secured back-to-back Sky Bet League One wins for the first time since September with a 2-0 defeat of out-of-sorts Bristol Rovers.
Buoyed by their first win in 2024 in a relegation six-pointer with Burton last time out, Ben Garrity’s header and Baylee Dipepa’s controversial effort – which the visitors felt he handled in the build-up – secured Vale a vital three points.
Boss Moore, whose side are just a point shy of 20th-placed Burton, said: “It’s a tremendous day all round for us with three valuable points.
“It’s our first win [since I’ve come in] so I’m really pleased for everybody connected to the football club.
“It was a really committed performance from the team. The hard work and the desire to get those three points was incredible. We’re really pleased. It’s three points and a good couple of goals.
“All those stats bode well for us going forward and it gives us momentum. We’re really pleased to keep the momentum up from the Burton game.
“I thought our togetherness was really good. It allowed us to be on top of them.
“Even at the end of the game, we felt we could have got more goals. The most important thing was getting the two goals and keeping the clean sheet.
“We needed that performance and I’m pleased it came in front of the home fans.”
It was another disappointing display for Rovers, who have failed to score in their last four games.
Boss Matt Taylor said: “It was another difficult afternoon. It’s not an extreme scoreline.
“I’ve said it so many times but it’s such a poor moment for their goal. It’s another individual mistake which can’t happen – but it has.
“It was another goal with the same sort of principle. As much as the mistake is ours, it’s the officials’ as well. But we still have to defend the outcome of it a lot better than we did.
“On a difficult pitch it was difficult to chase the game and get the ball from A to B.
“It’s poor execution from us. It puts more pressure on being clean defensively. It’s another poor defensive moment and then they’re boosted by that and we’re low.
“There are excuses ‘someone else should be taking care of it’ as opposed to dealing with it.
“Whether he controls it with his hand or not a player should never be allowed to turn and run at your back line like that.
“It’s bitterly disappointing and we couldn’t find any way to force the issue.”
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