BOSS Phil Parkinson admitted City lacked that "bit of quality" as they fell to a second away defeat in a week at Peterborough.

The Bantams went down 2-0 in a poor contest at London Road - a loss that saw them drop out of the play-off places.

Parkinson said: "I thought the commitment levels were great in difficult conditions. I thought we were right in the game and it just took a really scrappy goal to give Peterborough a lift.

"We gave our all but we just lacked a bit of quality. We maybe just tried to have that extra touch rather than getting our shot away a little bit quicker.

It was a nothing game. When we saw the conditions, we always knew it would be that scrappy type of game where you've just got to grind out a result."