Maddison is Posh hero with late goal

PETERBOROUGH snatched a last-gasp draw at Southend, but manager Grant McCann admits he is still after more from his players.

Southend were looking for a fourth-straight win at home and looked to be heading towards it thanks to Anthony Wordsworth’s second goal in a week on 78 minutes.

But in the second minute of injury time Marcus Maddison fired home from 20 yards out to earn a share of the spoils.

However, Posh have now not won in six league games, and with five of those draws, McCann knows changes are needed.

“The players showed good character to come back,” he said.

“We had a lot of attacking players on the pitch at the end and it was a great strike from Marcus.

“I say the same things every week at the minute. We’ve had chances, got in some great positions in the first half, we got in between their midfield two, but our decisionmaking lacked, it was a massive thing for us.

“There’s nobody going to be getting down around here, we need to keep working and keep creating those chances because if we don’t, we definitely won’t score goals.

“The draws need to be turned into wins, there’s no two ways about it. We did enough first half to be two or three nil up. We just lacked the composure in picking the final pass and that killed us.”

David Mooney headed a Jermaine McGlashan cross against the bar for the home side, only for Maddison to rattle the woodwork at the other end.

On 63 minutes Southend were awarded a penalty after Maddison handled Ben Coker’s cross, but Wordsworth saw his spot kick saved by Luke McGee.

Wordsworth made up for it when he drilled into the roof of the net, before substitute Simon Cox squandered a glorious chance to seal the win when he missed from close range. And he was made to pay when Maddison found the bottom corner from 20 yards, meaning Southend fell just short of a fourth straight home league win.

“I was convinced at half-time that this was a 1-0 game,” Brown said.

“We just got deeper and deeper in injury time and it brought on the pressure that resulted in them scoring a goal.

“In the main we coped quite well. But at the same time, when you’re in front on 90 minutes you should get over the line.”