He said: "It’s great knowing we head into the new year as the leaders.
"It's a good position to be in obviously ahead of a tough run of games.
"And if we continue to approach them with the same attitude, then I feel we will be sitting pretty.
It took until the 70th minute for Flixton to make the breakthrough.
Delmonte says teams will are adopting cautious tactics to try to stifle and frustrate his high-flying side.
He added: "Teams will want to pack their defence and midfield to frustrate us. We have to find a solution to that."