Peterborough United 4 Rotherham United 1: Marshall hits opener for depleted Millers

Fielding a patched-up team due to nine absentees, the Millers were no match for the League One outfit.

There seemed to be the chance of an upset when Marcus Marshall drilled through the legs of goalkeeper Joe Lewis to give Ronnie Moore's men a shock ninth-minute lead. It was the former Blackburn man's first goal for the club.

Rotherham had a let-off just past the half-hour mark when Aaron McLean put Craig Mackail-Smith clean through but he was thwarted by goalkeeper Andy Warrington.

The hosts then took a stranglehold on the tie with two goals in four minutes.

Ryan Bennett headed the equaliser from a George Boyd corner before the latter fired in a low shot for a second.

Posh came out eager for more goals in the second half and it took another good stop by Warrington to foil Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.

But the concerted pressure finally told when Mark Little broke down the right and his cross was swept in by McLean.

Mackail-Smith then completed the Millers' misery.

Peterborough: Lewis, Little, Ofori-Twunasi (Rowe 65), Langmead, Bennett, Mendez-Laing (Hibbert 65), Lee, Wesolowski, Boyd, McLean (Tomlin 70), Mackail-Smith. Unused substitutes: Piergianni, Koranteng, Davies, Collis.

Rotherham: Warrington; Brogan, Newey, Ashworth, Cresswell, Law, Harrison, Taylor (Warne 75), Ellison, Le Fondre, Marshall. Unused substitutes: Annerson, Green, Banks, Darley.

Referee: G Hegley (Oxfordshire).