Opposition view: Ferguson left 'wondering how Posh didn't win' after derby defeat at Sixfields
Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson was left ‘wondering how we didn’t win’ after his side’s late defeat to rivals Northampton at Sixfields on Monday.
An even and highly competitive first half ended all square after Malik Mothersille cancelled out Cameron McGeehan’s opener, but Posh then gained the upper-hand and created several chances to take the lead, the best of which was horribly missed by Ricky Jade-Jones.
That proved costly when McGeehan bagged his second of the night with six minutes remaining to hand Cobblers just their second win in this fixture since 2006.
"It probably sums up our season,” rued Ferguson. “We're coming away from the game scratching our heads wondering how we haven't won.
"We dominated large parts but we have a massive chance and we should go 2-1 up and if we do we probably win the game because we had the speed to hurt them in transition.
“But the two goals we conceded just weren't good enough. We're giving such soft goals away. There's no complaints over the first one. We've lost our man from a set-piece and it's a goal. Our goalkeeper was moaning about something but ultimately it's a bad goal to concede.
"They changed their manager but the focus was on us and I thought large parts of our performance was good and there were some real positives.
"I still have a lot of confidence in these players and I saw a team that played with belief but the chances we missed and the goals we conceded just sum our season up. They didn't cause us too many problems but the winning goal they score, it's shocking. I don't see other teams in the league doing that."