Lincoln City manager frustrated, but also delighted after a draw at home to 10-man Peterborough United

Posh led at the break through TJ Eyoma’s own goal, but Lincoln started the second-half strongly and quickly equalised through Anthony Scully.

The Imps then missed a penalty after Posh defender Nathan Thompson had been sent off leaving Appleton frustrated.

Appleton told Lincolnshire Live: “There’s a little bit of frustration. I’ve got no doubt I’ll wake up tomorrow with the same bit of frustration inside me, but I’ll also be delighted with the performance.

“I thought in the first 15 minutes or so we were slow, we didn’t get out of the blocks and we forgot to press the ball.

“I thought they srarted well but we were too concentrated on the shape we had rather than going to press the ball. To be fair, I only worked with them for the first time in 10 days yesterday. Maybe, if we’d had a little bit more prep, it might have been a bit different.

“After that early period I thought we were excellent. We came out of the blocks well in the second half and were dominating the game against 11 players, never mind against 10 players.

“I’m delighted with the performance. We just didn’t have that clinical edge that you sometimes need to win a game. Having said that, we made them work really hard. The keeper [Christy Pym] made a couple of vital saves and they put some really good blocks in which helped them get a point.”