Edinburgh City return to winning ways with impressive win on the road

The Citizens boss was critical of his squad after last weekend's 4-1 loss at home to Clyde, but they responded in the perfect manner to take all three points on the road.

Edinburgh City boss Michael McIndoe was thrilled with his team's win at Forfar. Picture: Tommy Lee

Jack Duncan netted a 20th-minute opener only for the hosts to equalise through Mark Whatley just 60 seconds later.

Greig Allen and James Stokes efforts in the second half had City firmly in command before Jake Sutherland gave Forfar some hope.

However, the Meadowbank outfit held firm to see the match out but are still six points adrift of Stirling Albion and Dumbarton at the foot of SPFL League Two.

"It was a really professional performance," McIndoe said afterwards. "There wasn't much in either half but I think we edged it on chances. We tweaked a few things this week and asked the players to be a little more aggressive in their approach so overall I'm really pleased.

"Greig took his goal fantastically well, opened up his body and slotted in the corner from about 20 yards. But I was looking for the whole team, I wanted more warriors and it's important the lads understand that. You've got to understand when any team has a 15-point deduction, it can damage a squad, but not my guys.

"We gave them a good kick up the backside last week and it was needed. We're hoping it (January) will be a good window for us, we've got a few players lined up to come in hopefully and God bless we can get them through the door because that will give us a bit more strength in depth. We're looking forward to the derby at the weekend."

Meanwhile, city rivals Spartans opened up a three-point lead at the top after a narrow victory over Elgin City at the Vanloq Community Stadium.

Ayrton Sonkur got the only goal of the game in the 67th minute, powering in a header following a corner.

East Kilbride's 3-1 loss at home to Annan means it's the South Lanarkshire club playing catch up once more.