A rare blank for Peterborough United as they lose precious ground in the race for automatic promotion
Peterborough United failed to score for just the second time in a League One game this season as they lost precious ground in the race for promotion.
To be fair Posh rarely looked like hitting the back of the net against a stubborn and well organised Lincoln City at Sincil Bank. Indeed ‘The Imps’, who celebrated a goalless home draw and a ninth game without a win like they’d won a big game, missed the best chances of the game.
Posh struggled create chances against a stubborn Imps side who seemed to content to defend in numbers. A snapshot from Ricky-Jade Jones that crashed back off the bar in the closing stages was the closest Posh came to breaking the deadlock.
It was only the second time Posh had failed to score in a League One match this season and saw Posh drop to third behind Bolton, who were 4-1 victors at Carlisle. Victories for Portsmouth and Derby over Port Vale and Cheltenham respectively, with goals in the final ten minutes, further added to the disappointment of the result.
Posh and Derby are now level on points but Posh have a better goal difference and a game in hand.
Darren Ferguson was left disappointed with his side’s performance, however, labelling the first half in particular as “as bad as we’ve played for a long time.”
He said: “It’s very frustrating. It was a very disappointing performance. The first half was as bad as we’ve played for a long time.
“I don’t know why, the game as we felt it would. They just sat into play on the counter attack but we had no zip about us, no tempt, we were too slow, too may touches, people trying things in the middle of the pitch they didn’t need to do. I was really, really disappointed.
