Our Under 18s fell to a 2-0 defeat at Coventry City in the Professional Development League on Tuesday afternoon.
Our youngsters ompeted well in the opening minutes, and despite several opportunities cropping up for the home side, Ben Westcott dealt with the initial wave comfortably.
While City looked to set their stall out early, our backline done well to cut out advances, limiting the hosts to have their best effort from 30-yards – with the strike sailing over.
Nathan Aikins went into the referee’s book on 36 minutes after hauling down his opposite number, but the free-kick was collected comfortably by Westcott.
Holley advanced forward before winning a chance to strike from a similar distance - in the end, his effort landed well wide.
Coventry came out from the break with their tails up, working the ball through the midfield lines, before a City man bore down on goal, only to be denied by Westcott.
In response, Benjamin McWilliams-Marcano worked his way forward to the touchline, standing up a ball to our trialist, who sent his flighted centre wide.
The hosts began to dial up the pressure, and saw themselves in front on 57 minutes when a by-line cross was turned in from point blank range.
Westcott was called into action once more, as our youngsters continued to come under siege, denying the Coventry forward, who looked to round our gloveman.
The hosts continued to press for a second, and it came on 78 minutes when a ball was sent in behind our backline – with a simple finish left to follow.
Coventry pressed for a third – but Westcott had other ideas, leaping for the top corner to deny a certain goal.
Ryan Semple rang in the changes, looking for a route back into the game, and it was almost rewarded when Kurtis Simmons cut in from the left, taking aim for the far corner – but his strike cleared the upright.
The hosts weathered any late pressure to extend their winning run to eight games.
Posh: Westcott, Crozier, Joseph, Holley (sub Norville 76min), Aikins (sub Fraser 76min), Arber, McWilliams-Marcano, Christoudias, Trialist A (sub Dagne 81min), Beech (sub Mlityalwa 65min), Simmons. Unused subs: Bucknor.