Match ends, Peterborough United 4, Crewe Alexandra 2.
PeterboroughPeterborough United4CreweCrewe Alexandra2
Peterborough United strengthened their grip on a League One play-off spot by plunging Crewe deeper into trouble.
Chuks Aneke curled a superb shot into the far corner for Crewe's opener.
Britt Assombalonga levelled from the spot after Harry Davis pulled back Conor Washington, before Nicky Ajose finished a slick counter-attack.
Aneke hauled Crewe level when stylishly slotting past Bobby Olejnik, but Danny Swanson rifled Posh ahead before Washington fired home for 4-2.
It topped a good day for Washington, who notched his first ever Posh goal and created two others.
Peterborough United boss Darren Ferguson told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:
"Yeah it was entertaining. I think everyone would probably go home feeling entertained, a bit more like the Posh as we're known - to score goals. I thought we should have got more than four.
"I thought we started the game very well and I think their first shot at goal becomes a sloppy goal. You can't let people turn and get shots in like that, though it was a good finish by the boy.
"The pitch is a lot better today but the better areas are certainly wide and I think I'm taking that into consideration when I'm picking teams and I think we used our width at times very well.
"What we've seen today was a lot of good football, a lot of good attacking football which was pleasing and I'm sure everyone's gone home entertained."
Line-ups
Peterborough
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Olejnik
- 31Little
- 14Rowe
- 6Bostwick
- 4Brisley
- 22Nugent
- 7SwansonBooked at 52mins
- 11McCann
- 24Washington
- 9Assombalonga
- 21Ajose
Substitutes
- 2Alcock
- 5Baldwin
- 8Payne
- 13Day
- 15Anderson
- 17Newell
- 36McQuoid
Crewe
Formation 4-4-2
- 21Garratt
- 2Tootle
- 16Guthrie
- 42Grant
- 4Davis
- 5Ellis
- 31ParkSubstituted forIkpeazuat 73'minutes
- 22EvansSubstituted forOliverat 86'minutes
- 9Pogba
- 26Aneke
- 29WatersSubstituted forMooreat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Phillips
- 3Mellor
- 6Dugdale
- 11Moore
- 18Nolan
- 19Oliver
- 30Ikpeazu
- Referee:
- Gary Sutton
- Attendance:
- 5,109
Match Stats
Home TeamPeterboroughAway TeamCrewe
- Possession
- Home58%
- Away42%
- Shots
- Home14
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away3
- Corners
- Home2
- Away0
- Fouls
- Home18
- Away13
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Peterborough United 4, Crewe Alexandra 2.
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Attempt missed. Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Attempt saved. Grant McCann (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. Chukwuemeka Aneke (Crewe Alexandra) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Goal!
Goal! Peterborough United 4, Crewe Alexandra 2. Conor Washington (Peterborough United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Britt Assombalonga.
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Attempt missed. Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Vadaine Oliver replaces George Evans.
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Tommy Rowe (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Matt Tootle (Crewe Alexandra).
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Grant McCann (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Uche Ikpeazu (Crewe Alexandra).
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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Chukwuemeka Aneke.
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Danny Swanson (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by George Evans (Crewe Alexandra).
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Attempt missed. Tommy Rowe (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Mark Little (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Uche Ikpeazu (Crewe Alexandra).
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Conor Washington (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Harry Davis (Crewe Alexandra).
