Malik is loving every minute of his Peterborough United learning curve

Mothersille scored his second Posh goal in the second minute of the 3-1 Bristol Street Motors quarter-final win over AFC Wimbledon on Tuesday night with a crisp first-time finish from Ephron Mason-Clark’s precise pass. He also assisted on Mason-Clark’s goal just a couple of minutes later.

But his fifth first-team starting appearance ended in disappointment as he cramped up early in the second-half and was eventually substituted 25 minutes from time.

"I gave 100 per cent, but if my body gives up on me there’s not a lot I can do,” Mothersille said. “It’s annoying though. I played 80 minutes the previous week so I wasn’t expecting to cramp up so early, but it’s all part of getting used to regular men’s football. My body just decided to give way.

"I’m going through a learning process, but I’m enjoying every minute of it. Everyone has been so good to me since I arrived here and I love the way we play. It’s got us close to a final now and we’re pushing hard for promotion.

"I scored with my first touch last night which was good. I saw the ball get to Ephron and I knew he would find me so I just sure I got into position and then got a clean connection which I did. I’ve been missing those in training a lot so it was good to see it fly in.

"For the second goal I picked up a pass from Archie Collins and thought about going myself, but I saw Ephron had made a run so I trusted him to score.

"We didn’t play our best in the second-half, but great teams still get the job done when not performing well. We can play better, but we were just happy to make the next round.”

Posh are in Friday’s semi-final draw which will be shown live on Sky Sports (approx 6,15pm) alongside League One rivals Blackpool and Bradford City who are 18th in League Two. Struggling League One side Wycombe Wanderers host Brighton Under 21s in the final quarter-final tie on Wednesday evening.