Despite having a two goal advantage twice Peterborough inexplicably threw away three points and had to settle with a 3-3 draw to promotion chasing Bournemouth.Darren Ferguson gave James Wesolowski a rare start in central midfield as Charlie Lee shifted to right-back to cover for the suspended Mark Little after he picked up a red card against Bristol Rovers. Lee Bradbury started with a 4-2-3-1 formation with Danny Ings favoured as the loan striker. Liam Feeney, Marc Pugh and Donal McDermott, on loan from Manchester City, formed the rest of the attacking quartet.The game flew into life as both teams had early chances. Lee Tomlin found himself free inside the area but could only manage to flick a header straight to Shawn Jalal who was making his return to London Road after not making the grade a Peterborough. For the visitors Liam Feeney burst over the half-way line, as they looked to counter on Poshs attacking strategy, but his shot flew wide of the mark.The games Pau Gasol Jersey lively start suggested that it would not be too long before the deadlock was broken and in the 12th minute CRAIG MACKAIL-SMITH did open the scoring. A wonderful, fizzing pa s from Grant McCann found Mackail-Smith who brought the ball down, cut inside and lashed a half volley beyond the despairing Shawn Jalal in the Bournemouth goal. It was a perfect exhibition of how much he has improved this season. A fantastic touch met with a glorious finish emphasised his cla s; it was a chance he would not have scored in previous campaigns.
 Posh were looking confident now and were playing some lovely, intricate pa ses as Posh displayed the style of football and attacking zest that has seen them lead the divisions scoring charts this season. It wasnt long before this rotation in the forward positions paid off either. As TOMMY ROWE surged forward from deep he found himself with room to run at the Bournemouth defence. With three red shirted players around him and no Posh player in support his options seemed fairly limited so Rowe set off. Knocking the ball pa sed Shaun Cooper he suddenly found himself in the clear, after out-pacing the defender, and he unleashed a powerful striker beyond Jalal who got a palm to the shot but could not stop the ball from flying into the back of the net.Bournemouth were really struggling to deal with Posh defensively and the hosts were taking advantage. Lee Tomlins smashed shot from the edge of the area appeared goal-bound but a good block Oscar Robertson Jersey from Cooper meant the scores stayed a 2-0. Referee John Mo s was called into action for the first time in the match moments later as George Boyds run was halted by a sloppy tackle from Shaun Cooper. The defender would have been worried about seeing red as Boyd was storming through on goal, albeit a long way out, but John Mo s was probably correct in brandishing the yellow card instead. All of a sudden though Posh seemed to take their foot of the gas. Bournemouth began to get a foothold in the match and were enjoying large periods of po se sion. Indeed, for all of Poshs attacking talent Bournemouth also were looking lively in the attacking positions as they began to settle. It wasnt long before they were rewarded for this pre sure either. After earning a corner the visitors pilled men in on goal-keeper Joe Lewis, a set-piece they hadobviously worked on in training, and it could not have worked any better. Lewis, who was trapped, attempted to come for the cro s and completely mi sedthe ballleaving DANNY INGS free to poke the ball into an empty net. It was a bad mistake from Lewis who further confirmed his need to work on his ability to command his area; something that has not improved since joining Posh in 2008.The goal had given Bournemouth the confidence to search for more. They were back into a game that Milwaukee Bucks Hoodie had appeared dead and buried after 20 minutes of play. And almost immediately a rasping, long range drive from Ings was saved well by Lewis with the ball swerving in numerous different directions. It was Posh who were hoping for half-time now. They desperately needed to regroup as they appeared a little disjointed in both their defensive play and ability to retain po se sion. But Posh are still dangerous when they are on the attack, even when playing poorly. And after earning a corner Grant McCann floated the ball onto Ryan Bennetts head who flicked the ball goalwards. The header was lacking power but it found its way to CRAIG MACKAIL-SMITH, standing unmarked, and although he almost failed to make contact he did just enough to see the ball creep into the corner of the net. It was harsh on Bournemouth but Lee Bradbury would have been mightily frustrated to see his side get back into the game only to allow Posh restore their two goal advantage through a scrappy goal.The half time break came at a perfect time for Posh. Under pre sure from a resurgent Bournemouth side who seem to love battling back from adversity the story of their past few seasons is simply staggering they were lucky to have clear daylight between themselves and the visitors after 45 minutes.ERROR PRONE: Lewis was responsible for some awful goalkeeping and was at fault for two of Bournemouths three goals.The opening of the second half was a fairly even contest. Whilst neither team could really claim to have the upper hand both were producing some slick pa sing moves which were easy on the eye. Still, Lee Bradbury obviously felt this tactic wasnt working Jrue Holiday Jersey to the desired effect and choose to change his teams style by introducing the veteran Steve Fletcher. Withthe club legend onThe Cherries would have to start to play a more direct style and their change of formation to a flat 4-4-2 also suggested that they hadnt given up on taking some points from this game just yet.You could hardly blame them either. Gone was Poshs deadly attacking force and they seemed content to sit back on a lead. Complacency may have crept into their game, for the first time this season, and it was evident that their performance levels and tempo had dropped. Still, Giannis Antetokounmpo Jersey Lee Tomlin went close after Danny Ings had been millimetres away from doubling his and Bournemouths tally for the evening.Bournemouth, just like they had in the first half, were starting to take the initiative as the half progre sed and although not creating anything clear-cut they certainly had Posh pre sed back inside their own half. With STEVE FLETCHER up-front it gave them an added dimension to attack from and it would be the veteran that provided them a route back into the match. After a looping cro s was put into the box the player/a sistant manager was surrounded by two Posh defenders in a fairly innocuous position but somehow he managed to not just win the header but send the ball back over Joe Lewis head and into the back of the net from the tightest of angles. If