Port Vale manager Darren Moore has urged his relegation-threatened side to put their disappointment of surrendering a two-goal lead against Exeter into their next outing.
Ethan Chislett and Baylee Dipepa both got their names on the scoresheet to put the Valiants firmly in charge at half-time, but two goals for Millenic Alli and one each for Zak Jules and Luke Harris earned the Grecians a 4-2 victory.
Moore was appointed Vale manager in February with the aim of beating the drop from League One, but his team are now three points from safety with just three games remaining – starting with the visit of Wycombe on Tuesday.
“It’s about putting all that energy and anger into Tuesday,” he said.
“I think that’s the only way really because ultimately coming against and fighting against each other, that’s not the way.
“It’s a case of sticking together and making sure that we take an opportunity to put the wrongs of the second half – and I only talk about the last 40 minutes here – right on Tuesday.”
Vale’s final two fixtures see them travel to Bolton before playing host to Cambridge on the last day of the season.
“We have to keep going because just when we think that we’ve figured this game out and this industry out, it can just turn its head,” Moore said.
“And that’s the thing, when we all surmise how things are going to go, football has a knack of turning things on its head, which you saw today from the first half to the second half.
“It’s just a crazy game that we work in but, again, we have to apply ourselves really because we know what we have to do on Tuesday.”
Exeter remain in 12th place, on 58 points, despite extending their unbeaten run to eight matches.
Manager Gary Caldwell was delighted with the character shown by his side to turn the game round after the break.
“The less said about the first half, the better,” the Scot said.
“The second half was probably one of our best performances of the season, the way we understood how to win the game. And there was no change, we didn’t change anything tactically.
“We obviously made a couple of personnel changes and made more throughout the second half, and I thought all the finishers were outstanding.
“But second half, the way we attacked – the speed, the physicality – we could have scored more goals. I thought we were outstanding.”
Exeter last suffered defeat in early March and Caldwell was full of praise for his team’s form since then, winning five and drawing three.
“We’ve had options from the bench so when things aren’t quite going to plan, we have people who are ready and able to come on and make an impact on the game,” he said.
“In the first half of the season we didn’t have that often enough for a number of different reasons, but in the second half of the season we have.”
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