A HIGHLY professional display from Gloucester City sealed a brilliant win away to fellow mid-table side Solihull Moors, writes Simon Clark.
A first half penalty from Danny Andrew, a header from Chris Holland and a tap-in by Adam Mann capped off a tremendous performance.
An Omar Bogle penalty and a late, late header from Ryan Beswick made for a nervy finish but the Tigers' victory sees them leapfrog the Midlands outfit in the Blue Square Bet North table.
In the shadow of Birmingham Airport, Solihull flew out of the blocks but Bogle's effort from outside the box was easily covered by Mike Green.
The Tigers came forward during a very open start to the game and almost took the lead, but Solihull keeper Jasbir Singh was a match for Chris Holland's powerful header.
A second chance came swiftly after, but Tom Hamblin's weak header went wide after a devilish ball from Andrew.
Darryl Knights then burst down the left hand side but his smart cross into the six yard box evaded everyone.
The much-used pitch at Damson Park made its presence known after 20 minutes, a fantastic ball from Lewis Hogg found Steve Davies, but as the striker took his shot the ball bobbled up and saw the striker slice wide.
It was Solihull's turn to feel the wrath of the surface when Bogle shot down the left, crossed in towards Dior Angus who completely miss-hit his shot in front of goal.
The incredibly open start continued but after a dink into the area by Luke Connolly, Knights couldn't get his shot on target.
After a period of relative inactivity, Mike Green blasted the ball forward into the path of Will Morford who shot just wide of the goal, route one football at its finest.
The Tigers roared into life just before the break, Davies charged forward and was brought down by Singh on the edge of the area, referee Guy Stretton had no option but to give a penalty.
Andrew coolly stepped up and struck to the left of Singh to put the Tigers ahead.
After a rather tepid second half, City struck the second blow midway through.
Dave Mehew's men had looked dangerous from set pieces all game and were finally rewarded after a quality delivery from Andrew connected with the flying head of Holland.
The game was sealed on 77 minutes. Tom Webb played a quick free-kick into the path of Will Morford who chipped a beautiful ball into Mann who tapped home from close range.
The home side managed to break back into the game with seven minutes remaining after substitute Matt Coupe brought down Bogle in the area – the striker finished his penalty with aplomb.
The Midlands side scored another at the death, Bogle struck the crossbar and the ball fell to Beswick to head into the empty net.
Morford could have added a fourth for City in the ninth minute of injury time, but Michael Blackwood cleared sensationally off the line, but it made no difference as the Tigers sealed the win.
Solihull Moors: J. Singh, L. Connolly, M. Blackwood, J. Denny, K. Broadhurst, D. Langdon, D. Knights, J. English (Kemp 66), O. Bogle, D. Angus, R. Beswick Subs not used: D. Acton, S. Martinez, S. Joseph, J. Brown
Gloucester City: MJ. Green, S. Rawlings, D. Andrew, T. Hamblin (Coupe 52), C. Holland, T. Webb (Liddiard 90), L. Hogg (Edwards 79), J. Harris, A. Mann, W. Morford, S. Davies. Subs not used: N. Mustoe, D. Mehew
Star Man: Adam Mann
