Apart from the opening quarter of the game it wasn’t a particularly fluent performance, but given the circumstances of a first game in 25 days and playing with 10 men for 25 minutes it was a satisfactory outcome.
RATINGS KEY: 10- Perfect, 9-Oustanding, 8-Very Good, 7-Good, 6-Okay, 5-Poor, 4-Very Poor, 3-Dreadful
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SAMMIE SZMODICS: For 25 minutes last season's Szmodics turned up. He was lively, he was popping up in dangerous areas and he was putting opponents under pressure, but once Lincoln upped their game he disappeared a the passes dried up 6.5
10.
SIRIKI DEMBELE: The 25-day break and the desire for a transfer made no difference to Dembele's input. Kept getting tackled, kept failing to pass to a teammate. He is probably living on borrowed time now Ricky-Jade Jones is back 5.
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JONSON CLARKE-HARRIS: The big striker was a handful in the early stages and played a major part in Posh taking the lead, but his teammates failed to get close enough to him after the break. Claimed unsuccessfully for a penalty for a free kick that slammed into the Lincoln defensive wall. 6.5
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NIALL MASON (for Szmodics, 70 mins): Delivered a very solid performance at right-back after Posh were reduced to 10 men 7.