Toby Booth insisted his London Irish side were good value for a win that lifts them to third place in the Aviva Premiership.
Tries from centres Joe Ansbro and Shontayne Hape, along with 19 points kicked by Tom Homer secured victory despite a late fightback by Exeter.
And Booth said: ?On chances created, rather than possession, we were good for the win.
?Exeter work very hard, but we had a bit more quality.
?And they were happy to kick the ball out (to end the game) and take a losing bonus point. That says something about how they view us,? added Exiles' coach.
Ansbro gave Irish a flying start with a try after just three minutes when he pounced on a pass by Declan Danaher following a great break by Topsy Ojo.
And with Homer once again in great form with the boot, Exiles surged into a 19-9 half-time lead.
But Exeter fly-half Ignacio Mieres pegged away at the deficit, sending over five penalties and converting a second-half try by Luke Arscott.
Booth said: ?We started exceptionally well and took the game by the scruff of the neck, but we couldn?t dictate it because the penalty count was two-to-one in their favour. We have to react to the referee a lot quicker than we did.
?The best way to stop a team that drives as much as Exeter do is to not give them lineouts in your final quarter.
?We made life more difficult than we needed to, but we are delighted with the outcome.
?There was a lot of endeavour from both sides and it was an enthralling contest in front of a good crowd.?
Booth added: ?Tom Homer put in a good performance and I thought Delon Armitage was great.
?We knew Exeter were going to kick the ball a lot from their own third and we created a lot of problems for them when we counter-attacked.?
Hape scored his try with a bull-dozing break from a pass by Delon Armitage.
And Booth continued: ?Shontayne Hape gave us lots of go-forward, we were very clinical at the few lineouts we had, while the playable ball off scrums was probably 50-50.
?We just need to wise up a bit at the breakdown.?
?We showed a lot of character to bounce back from our defeat at home to Racing Metro.?
London Irish will be looking to consolidate their position in the play-off zone when they visit Bath on New Year?s Day.
Booth said: ?The schedule makes it very difficult for us because we have played post -Christmas and they have had longer to prepare than us.
?They have lost a few on the bounce, but we have our own axe to grind after losing to them here last New Year?s Day. We need to get ourselves in the best physical state and go down there and give it a good crack.?
None of the injured London Irish players are likely to recover in time to face Bath.
But Booth revealed: ?We have had issues with illness to Max Lahiff, Kieran Lowe and Faan Rautenbach, which has hit us quite hard. We are hoping they will be back.?
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London Irish: 15 Delon Armitage, 14 Topsy Ojo, 13 Joe Ansbro, 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Tom Homer, 10 Steven Shingler, 9 Darren Allinson; 1 Clarke Dermody (c), 2 David Paice, 3 Paulica Ion, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Matt Garvey, 6 Declan Danaher, 7 Jamie Gibson, 8 Richard Thorpe.
Replacements: 16 James Buckland, 17 Alex Corbisiero, 18 Leo Halavatau, 19 Bob Casey, 20 Alex Gray, 21 Adam Thompstone, 22 Adrian Jarvis, 23 Paul Hodgson.
Exeter Chiefs: 15 Luke Arscott, 14 Gonzalo Camacho, 13 Nic Sestaret, 12 Phil Dollman, 11 Matt Jess, 10 Ignacio Mieres, 9 Haydn Thomas; 1 Hoani Tui, 2 Simon Alcott, 3 Craig Mitchell, 4 Tom Hayes (c), 5 Chris Bentley, 6 Richard Baxter, 7 James Scaysbrook, 8 James Phillips.
Replacements: 16 Neil Clark, 17 Brett Sturgess, 18 John Andress, 19 Aly Muldowney, 20 Tom Johnson, 21 Kevin Barrett, 22 Gareth Steenson, 23 Jason Shoemark.
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