SALFORD CITY needed to stop the rot and although it wasn’t a classic performance, they ground out one of their most important results of the season.
Goalscorer Carl Piergianni was one of three excellent Salford centre-backs who limited depleted Ebbsfleet to not a shot on target. The hosts didn’t lack effort or spirit, but instead missed the craft to unpick their opposition’s stubborn back line.
Graham Alexander’s men went back to basics and showed a different side to their game. This wasn’t about free-flowing football and intricate passing moves through midfiel...