Ledesma features again as Brentford lose

Brentford boss Dean Smith took another look at former QPR man Emmanuel Ledesma as his side were beaten 1-0 by Peterborough at Griffin Park.

Ledesma, who is on trial with the Bees, played the last half-hour in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Kaiserslautern and had 25 minutes in this, his latest run out.

The only goal of the game came after just two minutes. Left-back Tom Field was dispossessed 35 yards from his own goal, which allowed Shaq Coulthirst to tee up Paul Taylor and he slotted home from just inside the box.[phone][/phone]

Brentford’s Jan Holldack tried to respond with a shot which rebounded to safety off the chest of Posh keeper Ben Alnwick, while Taylor could have had a second but screwed right across the face of goal when well-placed.

The Bees, though, continued to have the better chances. Scott Hogan had a shot saved and Sam Saunders curled an effort just over, while, in the second half, Alnwick made a double block to deny Hogan and then Romaine Sawyers.

But while they were often on the back foot, Peterborough remained a threat on the break and should have made it 2-0 when Marcus Maddison’s low cross was somehow spooned over the bar by Coulthirst from close range.

Ledesma fired a couple of efforts over the bar, while summer signing John Egan – arriving in the penalty area – misconnected with a shot and hit it straight at Alnwick’s midriff.

Brentford: Bonham; Holldack, Egan, Barbet, Field (Mepham 83); Saunders (Ledesma 65), McEachran (Cole 75), Kerschbaumer (Macleod 46), Woods (Clayton 86); Sawyers (Vibe 65), Hogan (Hofmann 75).
Subs not used: Bentley, Dean.

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