Sborg, sometimes people can be totally misled, for some reasons. It is always good to check for yourself the features. Here, you've a comparaison with a LSE on the left and a Steppe on a right. You can easily see that tail length, bill, length of neck, wing shape of you bird a all wrong for Lesser Spotted.
Probably that people saying LSE, as IA does, check the plumage and not the shape while the shape is much more important for ID. Of course, the bird is worn and moulting, which can disturb the shape interpretation but important details such length of neck and bill don't change with moult.