Daniel Stendel delighted with Barnsley performance against Peterborough

Posted Thursday, December 27, 2018 by PA

Barnsley head coach Daniel Stendel was delighted with his side’s performance as they earned an important 2-0 win at home to promotion rivals Peterborough.

Barnsley took the lead through Alex Mowatt’s 25th-minute striker. Full-back Dimitri Cavare made a great run down the right-hand side before slotting a beautiful pass across to Mowatt, who calmly converted from six yards.

The hosts doubled their advantage four minutes after the restart when Woodrow hit a 30-yard piledriver over Peterborough goalkeeper Conor O’Malley and into the top corner.

Stendel said: “It was, for us, not so easy. The first game (reverse fixture) we win 4-0 and it was a great performance.

“Today we controlled the game and played at 100 per cent. It was a very good performance and I’m happy.

“It was a fantastic goal (from Woodrow) it wasn’t just the goal though, it was a very good performance from him – the best he’s played for Barnsley.

“His development’s been so good in the last few weeks and we’re very happy with him.

“In my opinion it was not a penalty, but I’m not sure, I’m a little bit far from the incident, I was a little bit surprised the striker got a yellow card. The referee is nearer to the ball, he can see a lot better than we can from the bench.

“I think it was a difficult decision, but I don’t think it’s the reason we win this game or why Peterborough lose this game.”

Peterborough manager Steve Evans said: “They’ve had little periods of play without causing us any danger and we’ve had periods of play without causing them any danger.

“Then we get a good break and Mark O’Hara goes into the box and gets fouled, the referee decides to wave play on. That happens, our players switch off and they score a goal.

“We’ve gone in at half-time, changed the system a bit, went a bit more adventurous. But we’ve given him (Cauley Woodrow) too much time to cut inside and fire a shot, but in fairness to the kid he fires a shot and it’s a fantastic goal. Conor’s (O’Malley) got no chance.

“We’ve not got a penalty at one end, where it’s a clear penalty and then watch Ivan Toney get brought down.

“I’m really annoyed today. We’ve lost because of a good performance from Barnsley so credit to them, but there’s been an absolute shocking, horror performance from the referee.”