That was very much a game of two periods - before we scored, where we were the better team, on the front foot, had more of the ball and looked calm and confident, and after we scored, when Peterborough started to come at us and we stopped passing it round at the back, stopped finding a teammate with a pass and just smashed it long, inviting wave after wave of attacks. Sky showed a stat which basically said that after the goal we barely had a kick. We were lucky that their striker blocked that cross by accident as it would have been a tap in for them, so Iโm not sure itโs a case that we held them at arms length and managed out the game.
A great win, we played well and I thought our defensive players were excellent, and everyone put in a shift - but itโs only half time in the tie and we absolutely cannot play like we did after we scored for 90 mins at their place and expect them not to score a goal. We have to be able to keep the ball under pressure, and we have to at least offer some threat on the counter. Iโm sure Des will look at this and address it.