You do know the other team is there, don't you? They have a right to defend their goal and also to try and win the match. So what if they're bottom of the Championship? It was their big night and they made it as much of a game as they could. A lot of people talk like they're expecting us to just waltz in and be 3-0 up in the first half simply because we're better on paper. It's United-like arrogance, if you ask me. Every win has to be fought for.
We got knocked out at this stage in 2018 by a team in League One, we were held for 51 mins by Newport in 2019, held for 53 minutes by Sheffield Wednesday in 2020, held for 81 minutes by Cheltenham last season. Last night was no different to any of these ties we've won in the past. You get 90 mins (plus added time and extra time) to win a football match, remember? We used those 90 minutes better than Peterborough, which we were always going to based on our overall play.
As I said repeatedly during the first half (to deaf ears in the Matchday thread) Peterborough were well up for a big night and set up with 11 behind the ball (as they're entitled to do). The pitch was difficult for our lads to adjust to at first (weather and pitch conditions can be a leveller) and it meant that we had to take an extra touch here, avoid a first-time cross there, etc. Our class was always going to tell in the end, which it did.
It wouldn't be so hysterical in the Matchday thread if people who didn't like our performance said things like "Not playing our best here, could do with upping the tempo" or "Need to be sharper round the box, could do with Grealish and Foden switching wings" (or something). But instead it's nonsense about Grealish, Mahrez, Jesus needing to be sold, not being good enough, that we're going to go trophyless this season. It's melodramatic nonsense.