Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson felt his team’s display was “nowhere near good enough” as they were beaten 3-0 by the Blues at the Weston Homes Stadium.

Wes Burns, Conor Chaplin and Freddie Ladapo scored the goals as Town recorded their first ever league win at London Road.

“We were nowhere near good enough to win a game of that magnitude,” he told the Peterborough Telegraph. “We needed an eight out of ten for everyone but today we just didn’t do that.

“I’m really annoyed and disappointed that we didn’t perform better on the big stage and it looked like we’re so inferior to them. Today we were but I don’t like that because I don’t think that’s the case.

“We have to find a way of getting a bigger desire to win these games. We need more fight and character. We played well for maybe 15 minutes but we were 2-0 down, it’s too late then.

“We didn’t deserve anything out of the game, I’ve seen too many performances like that now at this place, I don’t like it.

“We have to be stronger mentally, we have to be better on the ball and we have to be braver.

“We’re better than that, it was just like the Derby game in the first half, we were all over the place until we changed things.

“We have to be better than this in these kinds of games, this is what we’re in it for. These are the games you have to enjoy.

“We never got any control, they had so much more composure. We didn’t win enough headers or second balls.

“The goals are horrendous. You can have a bad game but to concede from a throw-in and then the third one, it’s just gone into the box, the centre-half has missed a header and the other one has been bullied out of the way.

“The second one, Hector [Kyprianou]’s got the ball, there’s no one anywhere near him and he boots it out of play and they go up the pitch and score. That sort of thing happened too often today.”

Ferguson was annoyed by referee Gavin Ward's decision to book Oliver Norburn for chopping down Sam Morsy, having eventually been forced to substitute the midfielder at half-time after the former Shrewsbury man had later been spoken to at length by the official.

He added: “If Ollie or any of my players go and top someone or make a horrendous challenge I’d be more frustrated but when he’s got booked for that, I can’t. The referee wanted to make it about him.

“He then sets a precedent that he’s got to book everyone. Morsy had five fouls before he got booked. I’m disappointed that I’ve got to bring him off because I’m worried he’s going to get sent off.

“It’s a poor decision and he was the only one that was tackling. You’ve got to tackle in a game of football. We didn’t win enough tackles, headers or second balls.”

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ipswichboi added 22:57 - Apr 22 He's looking for excuses to gee his team up for their last games, I think inside he knows we were the dominant team but can't really come out and say that or else his players lose belief. As people have said, similar to the old boy Fergie. Not a bad style but dated these days when we're enjoying the best of the new school.
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19781981twtd added 23:10 - Apr 22 Idiot has no class out played totally and made to look the average outfit they are at least have the good grace to say Town were better in every area of the pitch.
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KMANSers added 23:58 - Apr 22 Fergie ‘junior' you certainly are, the only attributes you hold from yer ole man are whining when being outclassed by a better team you complete knob!
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armchaircritic59 added 02:01 - Apr 23 Just saw this post on twitter by a Peterborough supporter. The manager might be a bit deluded, but this person clearly isn't. " Ipswich Town, probably the best team league one has ever seen. If we had taken some of our chances, you never know, but credit to them, what a side, they play some lovely stuff "
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shakytown added 03:57 - Apr 23 Whos getting sacked in the morning
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BobbyBell added 12:44 - Apr 23 The fact is that against any other league 1 side that was good enough but we made you look second rate and ordinary. We were better in every department and you were outclassed. Hirst and Ladapo are better all round team players than any striker you have.
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chepstowblue added 21:39 - Apr 23 We were clinical, Walton was excellent. It certainly wasn't a 3-0, but it was still a good performance and worthy of 3pts. Gavin Ward has always been a dreadful ref, but only excessive cannabis users with irreversible paranoia will truly believe that he had it in for us today. We've had several games this season where we've benefitted greatly, and all I see is...."who cares we won". Its not easy, but you've just gotta accept it when it goes against us .

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