Peterborough United still struggling to kill off games but Darren Ferguson hails his sides character after latest comeback win
Posh fell behind behind at Exeter in just the fourth minute but, just like at Shrewsbury, Posh equalised within minutes when Malik Mothersille slid in his first of the season.
The victory was secured on the stroke of half time when Emmanuel Fernandez stunned onlookers with a 30-yard strike that managed to evade the dive of home keeper Joe Whitworth.
Posh had to hold on in the second half but could have made lives easier for themselves if they had scored one of a number of chances they had, including a penalty that Archie Collins tamely struck at the keeper.
While pleased with the character his side showed on the road for a second week in a row, Ferguson has admitted that his side are still struggling to show a clinical edge of kill off sides.
He said: “It was a bit of a game of two halves. They started really well and we started really poorly and gave a goal away but for the second week running we’ve responded within a couple of minutes.
“In the second half, we changed a couple of things in and out of possession- we had to be more aggressive- and we got much more control. From the first minute of the second half, the game should be over; Joel is clean through and then we miss chance after chance, including the penalty.
Our back four and goalkeeper were much, much better in the second half. We defended set pieces very well, they must have had double figures and they put good deliveries in. The determination to win the game was good.
I knew this would be a very difficult game because they have so many different movements and rotations. We didn’t deal with it well enough in the first half and they surprised us with playing two up front but we once we worked it out, we were pretty dominant in the second half.
“We’ve now picked up six points away from home after going behind. That shows good character.
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