Richard Money was pleased with Cambridge United's powers of recovery after they came from behind to triumph 2-1 at AFC Wimbledon in Sky Bet League Two on Saturday.
The U's trailed with less than 20 seconds gone at the Cherry Red Records Stadium as Matt Tubbs nipped in to score.
But Kwesi Appiah fired in a fine equaliser 12 minutes later, before Liam Hughes got on the end of debutant Sullay Kaikai's free kick to claim a 58th-minute winner.
'I thought it was a really good performance, especially after losing a goal after 10 seconds, and a poorer goal you couldn't wish to see,' said head coach Money.
'We recovered well from it. Kwesi scored a wonderful equaliser and in the second half it looked as though we had a win up our sleeve or well within our capabilities.
'We've ended up with nice movement from a free kick, a good delivery, and then we might have scored another from there until the finish.
'Making sure you see it out is the most important thing. After the first minute there was one other occasion in the first half where we got ourselves all over the place, but apart from that I thought we defended very well.'
Hughes' winner came shortly fter the Dons' Adebayo Akinfenwa had missed a great chance to put his team ahead, the striker firing wide from close range.
'We said on the bench that it's amazing how games go,' said Money. 'You could be 2-1 down and you go straight down the other end and it's 2-1 in our favour.
'That's what football is. He (Akinfenwa) has missed the target and we've taken our chance.'
Kaikai's assist for the winning goal capped a fine debut for the on-loan Crystal Palace attacker, while forward Jordan Chiedozie contributed as well, having also been handed his first start following his arrival from Concord.
Wesley Atkinson, who has joined on loan from West Brom, was on the bench.
'I've said I want the team to keep getting better and we brought terrific away support here,' said Money.
'We've brought in two players there that we think can excite them and I thought they both had very good debuts.
'Young Wesley had the chance to sit on the bench and have a look at it. It's a bit different for a defender, I think, when they come in from under-21 football.
'He's seen it and hopefully he'll learn from it. We'll give him a game at Peterborough (in the Final Third Development League) in the week.'
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