New Tranmere boss Keith Hill praised his players for winning 'a different way' after Rovers secured a fourth straight league win against Carlisle United.
A sublime second half goal from Cory Blackett-Taylor proved to be the difference between the two sides at Prenton Park on Tuesday evening, but it was the manner in which the hosts controlled possession and defended gamely that left a lasting impression.
Rovers are now up to ninth in League Two, after a run of six games unbeaten in all competitions, but new boss Hill was just happy to get off to a wining start.
After the match, he said: "I watched the last five games prior to this, but today we've won a different way.
"We won with some good football, a great goal to win any game, but we won with character today and that will hold us in good stead.
"We need that spirit and courage. We performed well under the pressure our opponents put us under. And we played some good football as well."
Blackett-Taylor's 51st-minute strike was a perfect showcase of the strides that the former Aston Villa prospect as made since returning from injury and as was the case on Saturday against Grimsby Town, the exciting forward terrorised the United defence.
"It was a great goal to score. I thought the diagonal pass from Clarkey (Peter Clarke) was superb.
"We're a possession-based side, but tonight we had to win a different way. But the goal itself, it's a contender to win any football match. It was a special goal," Hill added.
Carlisle have been riding high in League Two and presented an entirely different challenge following the demolition of Grimsby Town on Saturday. In particular, the deadly set peice deliveries of Callum Guy.
Hill said: "We've come up aginst a team who are fierce in in the physical presence and fierce in the way that they put you under pressure in and out of possession.
"We played through it at times and we defended excellently and we conjured what was an unbelievable goal."
Tranmere won five of six matches under the interim stewardship of Ian Dawes and Hill admitted that a new manager coming into a winning team was an unusual situation to be in.
He said: "It's difficult, because if we lose games it's my fault. That's the conundrum. Not just for me, for the staff, for the players and the chairman.
"But people makes brave decisions. I've come in and I've supported the staff and they've supported me.
"But it's not broke. It doesn't need fixing. It might need modifying slightly, but there's no point coming in trying to change everything, to a point where we might end up losing football matches.
"It is a difficult situation for a manger to come into. I asked myself the same question. You usually have to come and select a side to win a football match and do a little bit of magic.
"The magic's already there. Now it's a little bit of salt and pepper."
Tranmere are back in action on Friday evening when they face non-league Brackley Town in the FA Cup First Round - a match that will be televised live by BBC.
With an important league match away to Oldham just four days later, Hill said that he will consult his staff and senior players before making a decision whether to rotate his squad in a cup match they are expected to win.
But with the way Rovers are performing right now and the momentum that they have, there won't be any players putting their hand up to sit this one out."
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