Stockport County boss admits his side had to sit and suffer before claiming a narrow win over Peterborough United
Stockport County boss Jim McNulty admitted his side had to sit and suffer before claiming a 1-0 League One win over Peterborough United at Edgeley Park.
A second-half goal from Kyle Wootton settled a contest with Posh missing a couple of great chances to equalise late in the game.
The win moved County up to third place, while Posh remained next-to-bottom.
McNulty was irritated his side didn’t make the most of a dominant first-half display.
He said: “I thought we were quite flippant in the first half with how good our opportunities were. I don’t think we, as a team, respected those moments enough.
“There was a feeling that we would just keep creating chances all day long and in the end would score some goals.
“By not necessarily treating those moments with the absolute focus that’s required and respect for them, it meant that we went in 0-0 and in the second half we had to suffer a bit.
“We have to die for the team and we have to die for each other all of the time. We are still hyper-focused on that, even in the games when we’re chasing serious goals, and we’ve got lots of the ball.
“We know that the way we play and the risks that we take. We were going one-for-one at times on a halfway line against very tricky players today.
“We have deserved clean sheets before and not got them. Today we did.”