Moffat: We deserved the win

Edinburgh coach Rob Moffat felt his side deserved the points after watching them edge Bath 9-6 in their Heineken Cup Pool 4 encounter.

Paterson comes in for praise after Edinburgh triumph

Edinburgh coach Rob Moffat felt his side deserved the points after watching them edge Bath 9-6 in their Heineken Cup Pool 4 encounter. An attritional performance was required with the game at Murrayfield dominated by the weather, with a heavy blizzard making life difficult from midway through the first half. The hosts had Scotland full-back Chris Paterson to thank for kicking all nine points and dictating the play with some inspirational kicking from the hand. "I enjoyed the win. We deserved it as we controlled things in the second half," said Moffat. "The snow was so heavy in the closing stages of the first half that I feared for the visibility of the lines. "In the second half the conditions dictated that we play a simple game. I made that plain at the pause." Moffat spoke of Paterson in glowing terms after the full-back walked off with the man-of-the-match award. "As in a lot of professional team games there was not a lot between the sides so a big factor is the quality of the goal kicker," he added. "We appreciate that we have in Chris the best in the world." Bath head coach Steve Meehan admitted his side's European campaign was as good as over for another season as he acknowledged the home side's performance. "Edinburgh's second half execution won them the game," he said. "They retained possession in the right areas by being more precise. "The maximum points we could now get would be 16. That won't get us into the top eight who qualify. "We want to be in the Heineken Cup every season and if we're to bounce back for next season we have to move up the Premiership table. "That's now our goal, but we won't treat our remaining European Cup games as development matches."