Bristol City boss Gerhard Struber said his side produced their best opening 30 minutes of the season as they secured a 1-0 win at Portsmouth.
Anis Mehmeti's 17th-minute header earned just a second victory in six games which lifted the Robins into sixth place.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementStruber told BBC Radio Bristol: "We prepared a really good atmosphere for ourselves today. We go into the game with a completely different understanding from Wrexham.
"To pick up points here in this stadium you have to come at a really good level performance-wise and the boys did that.
"I would say, yes, it was the best opening 30 minutes this season. I know it is really difficult how we deal with the atmosphere but it was on a really high level from them and I am really pleased with how we did it.
"To be here in the end you need every single player and we needed Radek [Vitek].
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"Of course this is part of the game here and we needed every single one. In the end we defended our goal with everything we had in the tank.
"A really big win and a massive win for our confidence."
Latest Bristol City news, analysis and fan views
Listen to Bristol City content on BBC Sounds