Peterborough Under 21s beaten by ruthless Charlton Athletic side
Peterborough United were beaten 5-2 in a Professional Development Under 21 League game at Charlton Athletic on Tuesday.
Posh created plenty of scoring chances of their own, but lacked the ruthless finishing skills of their hosts.
Kahelm Dixon scored twice in the first 19 minutes for the hosts at Princes Park, Dartford.
Lucca Mendonca pulled a goal back with a header from a corner on 24 minutes, but Charlton restored their two-goal lead before the break with a tidy Alan Mwamba finish.
A trialist made 4-1 before Eddie Fox converted from 18 yards for Posh, but Charlton added a fifth goal through Reuben Amissah in the 94th minute.
Posh are next in league action at Swansea City next Tuesday (April 7).
Posh: Smith, Freeman, Mendonca, Arber, Davies, Andrews, McWilliams-Marcano, Sykut, Fox, Abbey, Shofowoke. Subs: Bucknor, Bushell, Joseph, Miltyalwa, Trallist.
UNDER 18s
Posh were beaten 3-1 at Hull City in their latest Professional Development League fixture last Saturday.
In-form attacking midfielder Benji McWilliams scored the Posh goal in the second-half after the visitors had trailed 2-0 at the break.
Posh host Bournemouth in their next league game at the Bespoke Builds Training Ground on Saturday.