Peterborough United 0 Preston North End 1 Archer
Peterborough United line-up: Benda; Thompson, Knight, Kent, Coulson (Mumba, 61); Brown, Fuchs (Marriott, 79), Norburn; Ward, Clarke-Harris, Poku (Jones, 85). Subs not used: Cornell, Szmodics, Grant, Morton.
PNE line-up: Iversen; van den Berg, Bauer, Hughes; Potts, Whiteman (Ledson, 77), Browne, Johnson, Earl (Sinclair, 69); Riis (Evans, 61), Archer. Subs not used: Ripley, Lindsay, McCann, Rafferty.
Attendance: 9,072 (1,020 PNE fans)
Referee: Mr T Robinson.
It was fitting that the last tackle of the game was made by Brad Potts given he was by a country mile North End's best player on the day, for a player who gets tons of stick at times he seems to winning the fans over, when subbed at Hull last week got an ovation when he left the pitch.
Two changes from the match on Wednesday Earl and Riis in for Evans and Cunningham.
Dry pitch, gale blowing across the pitch meant it was never going to be a classic, we started off well Hughes pinned a cross against the bar and for the first ten minutes or so it looked far to easy.
Passes began to go astray and United got on top, a couple of weak efforts, Ward hit the bar with a touch from Iversen wouldn't have counted as offside then Brown fired wide with a decent effort. We had a couple of efforts neither which troubled Benda between the sticks( don't think he actually made a save all afternoon.
Second period never really got going, the giant Dane had to make two decent saves as our defence seemed unable to make a tackle to stop the shops going in, Bauer made a vital intervention in the six yards box got injured for the cause, then came a minute which changed the game, Ward free kick for them 35 yards out hits the top of the bar, from the goal kick, Johnson, to Browne to Archer onto his left foot to curl one past Benda, cue mass celebration on and off the pitch. A few scares towards the end, probably didn't deserve three points but you take them and move on, after nine games in 27 days suspect all players will be glad of the mid week break that is coming up.
Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:
"A game we didn't deserve to lose. My goalkeeper's not had a shot to save.
"The one real bit of quality in the game won the game.
"We just need a little break. Ward hits the bar, they go up the pitch and score.
"But in terms of what I'm looking for - a committed performance and a determined performance and one with intensity - we got that today."
Preston North End manager Ryan Lowe told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"I'm not really too bothered about the performance. I'm more interested in the win.
"The performance was not as great as we would have liked, but who cares? We have played better and lost or drawn.
"It was going to be a moment of brilliance from either side [which won the match]. The conditions didn't help.
"Luckily enough, that moment of brilliance came from us."
Peterborough United line-up: Benda; Thompson, Knight, Kent, Coulson (Mumba, 61); Brown, Fuchs (Marriott, 79), Norburn; Ward, Clarke-Harris, Poku (Jones, 85). Subs not used: Cornell, Szmodics, Grant, Morton.
PNE line-up: Iversen; van den Berg, Bauer, Hughes; Potts, Whiteman (Ledson, 77), Browne, Johnson, Earl (Sinclair, 69); Riis (Evans, 61), Archer. Subs not used: Ripley, Lindsay, McCann, Rafferty.
Attendance: 9,072 (1,020 PNE fans)
Referee: Mr T Robinson.
It was fitting that the last tackle of the game was made by Brad Potts given he was by a country mile North End's best player on the day, for a player who gets tons of stick at times he seems to winning the fans over, when subbed at Hull last week got an ovation when he left the pitch.
Two changes from the match on Wednesday Earl and Riis in for Evans and Cunningham.
Dry pitch, gale blowing across the pitch meant it was never going to be a classic, we started off well Hughes pinned a cross against the bar and for the first ten minutes or so it looked far to easy.
Passes began to go astray and United got on top, a couple of weak efforts, Ward hit the bar with a touch from Iversen wouldn't have counted as offside then Brown fired wide with a decent effort. We had a couple of efforts neither which troubled Benda between the sticks( don't think he actually made a save all afternoon.
Second period never really got going, the giant Dane had to make two decent saves as our defence seemed unable to make a tackle to stop the shops going in, Bauer made a vital intervention in the six yards box got injured for the cause, then came a minute which changed the game, Ward free kick for them 35 yards out hits the top of the bar, from the goal kick, Johnson, to Browne to Archer onto his left foot to curl one past Benda, cue mass celebration on and off the pitch. A few scares towards the end, probably didn't deserve three points but you take them and move on, after nine games in 27 days suspect all players will be glad of the mid week break that is coming up.
Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:
"A game we didn't deserve to lose. My goalkeeper's not had a shot to save.
"The one real bit of quality in the game won the game.
"We just need a little break. Ward hits the bar, they go up the pitch and score.
"But in terms of what I'm looking for - a committed performance and a determined performance and one with intensity - we got that today."
Preston North End manager Ryan Lowe told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"I'm not really too bothered about the performance. I'm more interested in the win.
"The performance was not as great as we would have liked, but who cares? We have played better and lost or drawn.
"It was going to be a moment of brilliance from either side [which won the match]. The conditions didn't help.
"Luckily enough, that moment of brilliance came from us."
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