"The penalty game and the game opened up from there and we scored again so we closed it up from there."
However, the first cut stung the Southerners into action with coach Willy Gerdsen pulling off Bay-born Angus Kilkolly and replacing him with Jesse Dingjan.
Bay coach Brett Angell had earlier injected Martin Canales for captain Finlay Milne at centreback. The two-metre Chilean, a striker-cum-defender, was outstanding, making some foraging runs down the left flank or simply putting Bay United on the front foot.
Normally, a talented Biss has frustrated fans with one touch too many but no one would have held it against him yesterday as he played the role of No 10, sitting behind striker Sam Mason-Smith.
"I'm enjoying playing here with our good style. Yeah, I'm obviously taking too many touches in patches of the game so I'm trying hard to get it out of my game," said a beaming Biss, happy just to score his first goal of the 2015-16 ASB Premiership season.
He caused all sorts of problems when taking the ball behind the defenders but the team need to read his play and back up because that skittery footwork should yield a few more penalities in the box this summer.
Biss said Bay United had put a stamp on the league, maintaining their unblemished record to sit behind leaders Auckland City on goal difference.
"We're going very well and everyone's really happy."
The game started with the visitors hogging possession and the hosts conent with sitting back.
In the 35th minute, keeper Turipa committed a professional foul on the left flank, just outside the 18m box following a long ball through to Sean Liddicoat, for a yellow card.
Vice-captain Corey Chettleburgh's worm burner zipped past just outside the near post before the visitors mounted a counterattack but Bay United goalkeeper Joshua Hill saved twice.
In the 67th minute, Gerdsen pulled out striker Michael White to inject Atkin Kaua.
Canales used his frame in the 76th minute to deny Canterbury an equaliser as keeper Hill came charging out but his parry skewed kindly to stay in the 18m box.
Biss, with three players outnumbering a defender on counterattack in the 84th minute, opted to tango instead of putting the ball across the face of the goalmouth as a goal chance went begging.
Two minutes later substitute striker Hamish Watson latched on to a through ball from about 35m out to do what he was once renowned for - drove a ball from just inside the 18m box after a surging run to put it in the left bottom corner for Bay United to lead 2-0.
Defender Andreas Wilson saved Canterbury's blushes when in the 90th minute he cleared a ball after keeper Turipa came charging out to secure possession outside the box only to overrun it as Biss breathed down his collar.
The Bay play Wellington Phoenix at Park Island next in a televised affair that'll kick off at 4.35pm this Sunday.
Canterbury's Tom Schwarz said they tried to tweak their system to emulate the Bay's style to frustrate them.
"We were reasonably happy in the first half but in the second half when they scored it changed the game plan," Schwarz said.
The Dragons, he said, now needed a couple of wins before Christmas after two losses. Skipper Aaron Clapham hobbled off injured in the second spell.
