Tigers are tamed by Dembele
DARREN FERGUSON highlighted his players’ character as important in the impressive win at Hull.
Posh have won five league games on the spin and are second in the t ab le thanks to second-half goals from Jonson Clarke-Harris and Siriki Dembele.
Ferguson said: “I think this typified what we’re about in terms of having the desire to keep going.
“It was fantastic character from the players. In the first half we were nowhere near, but we were much better in the second half.
“To be successful, you need that desire and determination.
“Credit to my players – they keep finding a way of winning games.
“It’s a fantastic result and it’s been a great week.”
An away win had, however, looked unlikely once Mal lik Wilks opened the scoring after 36 minutes.
There had been little between the two teams up until that stage, but Wilks eventually engineered the breakthrough with a cavalier run down the right. His cute pass
was returned by Josh Magennis inside the penalty area, with Hull’s leading scorer making no mistake with a firsttime strike. Peterborough showed more endeavour after the restart, but ClarkeH a r r i s’s equaliser after 38 minutes was the v i s i t o r s’ f irst attempt on target. Clarke-Harris did well to bully his marker following Joe Ward’s excellent ball, but his deft glancing header was even more impressive. Hull had plenty of opportunities to
gain parity – Wilks hit the left- hand post after 73 minutes. But Dembele was the matchwinner two minutes later.
Though Ward once again excelled with another assist, Dembele needed a huge slice of fortune as his shot from outside the box deflected over goalkeeper Matt Ingram.
Hul l boss Grant McCann accepted fortune had not been on their side. He said: “I was pleased coming in at halftime and the second half we started well enough.
“We just didn’t get that killer second goal.
“But then we got done on the cross for their first goal It was a lacklustre first goal.”