Hayden Mullins gave his thoughts on Newport's eight goal thriller after suffering defeat to Bristol Rovers.
"It seemed to have everything; loads of all the ingredients you'd want for a local derby.
"I think both teams went for it, I don't think we're the type of team to sit off and try to protect.
"When I saw my team two goals down still going for the game i knew we were in a good place.
"I thought our first half performance was excellent, we were unlucky not to be a couple of goals up."
Mullins also spoke about the importance of his team starting the game strong.
"We wanted to start fast, we wanted to be aggressive and progress and get around the ball.
"Harrison Biggins had a lovely shot, dipped, hits the post. Doidge had a really good chance from the side as well as in the box and Shaq had an opportunity to hit the target.
"I saw my team today do exactly what I asked them to do, I want to be front footed, I want to be positive, just take the game to Bristol which we did."
The manager also discussed Rovers second half goals and how they affected play in the second half.
"We were open and a couple of the goals were really, really soft.
"I think what you did see is us hit the team that didn't feel sorry for themselves, the team that were front footed and kept going and carving out chances right before the end.
"I think the fifth goal is just a formality.
"We were going for the game so that's on me, the goalkeeper goes up and we try to get the equaliser. I think if it goes in there then it's a brave move."
Mullins also stated that there were lessons to be learnt following the tough result.
"Yeah, of course. There's always lessons to be learned. Even the game last week, there was lessons that we took out of the game.
"I was saying to the boys you know, we're a bit slow, we've got to believe that we're a strong side, we're front footed and we're aggressive and a unit and we showed that in the first half.
"We've got to take positives, and we've got to take bits from the game now, we need to move forward."
