Harry Leonard's delight as he begins quest to better last season's impressive goal tally
Peterborough United striker Harry Leonard was delighted to get his goal-scoring account up and running at the first time of asking on Saturday.
Leonard registered the only goal of the game as Posh beat Bristol Rovers 1-0 in the first round on the EFL Cup.
The 22-year-old scored 18 times in all competitions last season and is aiming to go even better than this time around. The goal would have given him an extra boost as it came from the penalty spot.
He took three penalties in League One last season and missed two of them, away at Plymouth and Luton. The miss at Plymouth was an opportunity to score his first goal for the club in his fourth game. It eventually took until his ninth game to finally get on the board.
Speaking after the win, he said: “I’m really pleased personally and for team more importantly. The lads greeted their teeth and got through some difficult periods. We should be happy with the all-round performance, defensively and going forwards.
“The week building up, we always knew it was going to be a test. Their gaffer has got a style of play and it is really effective and they will be up there this season. We’re going to come into games where we face similar this season and we will need to cope with to. We coped with it pretty well on the whole.
“There was no doubt in my mind i was going to hit the back of the net with the penalty. I was getting a bit of grief from the keeper ad the fans behind the goal but I just need to keep going and slotting those penalties away.
“I want to start this season as I finished the last and a goal today just sets me off and hopefully I can keep it up next week.”