Cardiff City boss admits his side were not clinical enough at Peterborough United on the day Lincoln City clinched promotion
Cardiff City head coach Brian Barry-Murphy admitted his side were not clinical enough in front of goal as they were held to a 1-1 League One draw at Peterborough United.
The visitors to the Weston Homes Stadium, who have only won two of their last eight matches, rained 29 shots at the Posh goal and won 16 corners, but they could manage a scuffed goal from substitute Alex Robertson following a set-piece early in the second-half. Harry Leonard replied for Posh within 60 seconds.
Cardiff are still set fair for automatic promotion as they have a seven-point lead over third-placed Bradford City. Lincoln City were promoted to the Championship after a 2-1 win at Reading.
Barry-Murphy said: “I felt as if we created enough chances to win the game clearly, but we didn’t take them. We’re constantly working on our attacking play to create more clear-cut chances, in the wake of our recent performances where we’ve had really good domination with the ball but haven’t created enough chances for our liking.
“That element of our game was really good today, but the next bit is, obviously, to convert those chances.
“We had an incredible backing here today and once we scored I was very confident we would kick on and create and score more goals.
“But Peterborough always have a danger because of their front players who can break and score, and we saw that with the chances they created on the counter-attack.
“The goal they scored was pretty random and tough for us to take, but we bounced back from that with really good chances.”