16-08-2017, 11:03
Derby County 1 Preston North End 0
Vydra 58 mins pen
Derby County line-up: Carson, Keogh ©, Russell (Bennett, 85), Wisdom, Johnson, Weimann, Vydra (Bryson, 68), Nugent (Martin, 76), Olsson, C Davies, Huddlestone. Subs not used: Mitchell, Baird, Pearce, Butterfield.
PNE line-up: Maxwell, Fisher, Cunningham ©, Huntington, Spurr (Maguire, 70), B Davies, Browne, Johnson, Robinson (Gallagher, 59), Hugill, Barkhuizen (Horgan, 62). Subs not used: Hudson, Vermijl, Boyle, Harrop.
Attendance: 24,371 (939 PNE fans)
No complaints about the result apart from the first 20 minutes or so Derby were the better side and deserved the win and if it had not been for some superb defending they possibly could have won by a couple of goals more.
A good night for playing football at an excellent stadium, very decent ground is Pride Park, the early stages were end to end, the Rams were nearly gifted an opening goal when Maxwell miles from goal messed up a clearence and Weimann speculative 45 yard shot missed narrowly with Maxwell no where to be seen.
North End attacked Robinson had two efforts the second from a free kick tipped over the bar by Carson. Nugent headed wide and was then denied by Maxwell sticking out his left leg to deny the ex North End striker. North End got into good positions but the final ball was poor. It was noticeable that Derby were denying us space and therefore we were struggling to gt into the game.
Towards half time Mr Eltringham managed to annoy everyone in the stadium with a series of odd decisions.
Derby were on the front foot from the off at the start of the second half should have been ahead within seconds when Nugent from about five yards out had his shot superbly blocked by Fisher, Vydra was then denied from close range by Maxwell and Weimann was denied by a combination of both Cunningham and Fisher however the goal was not long in arriving although the award of a penalty for the usual WWF in the penalty area was disappointing as you know damn well if it had been at the other end it would not have been given.
Vydra just about beat Maxwell to score the games only goal, from then on in chances were few and far between as Derby sat back and denied us space.
North End brought on Horgan and Maguire and both lads gave us a bit of invention up front but apart from a chance late on for Browne which he failed to take Derby were not unduly troubled.
Cunningham and Gallagher were both injured, Gally ended up in hospital with blurred vision and Cunningham has a knee injury which is more worrying. Star men Davies and Fisher andf for Derby, Huddlestone was absolute quality .
Derby boss Gary Rowett: "It was important to respond to Saturday [home defeat against Wolves]. We were much better this evening. There was much more energy and we were more compact as a team.
"But for more composure and quality in our attacking play we could have made the game safer much earlier.
"We limited Preston to few chances and I'm pleased with how we saw the game out, we showed great resilience.
"There was no argument about the penalty. The ref warned the player two or three times before he gave it and once you grab someone in the box you leave yourself open to that."
Preston manager Alex Neil: "The penalty is difficult, everyone is moving about and jostling for position and that will always happen. It is disappointing that the linesman called it.
"I have seen them given so I am not suggesting we were hard done by, but the referee could not see it.
"Derby put us under pressure for a good 10-15 minutes at the start of the second half and we did not cope with it.
"In the first 30 minutes we got into good areas and behind their midfield, we had two really good three-on-two chances but our use of the ball was not good enough. We did not play as well as we have done and we looked a bit leggy."
Vydra 58 mins pen
Derby County line-up: Carson, Keogh ©, Russell (Bennett, 85), Wisdom, Johnson, Weimann, Vydra (Bryson, 68), Nugent (Martin, 76), Olsson, C Davies, Huddlestone. Subs not used: Mitchell, Baird, Pearce, Butterfield.
PNE line-up: Maxwell, Fisher, Cunningham ©, Huntington, Spurr (Maguire, 70), B Davies, Browne, Johnson, Robinson (Gallagher, 59), Hugill, Barkhuizen (Horgan, 62). Subs not used: Hudson, Vermijl, Boyle, Harrop.
Attendance: 24,371 (939 PNE fans)
No complaints about the result apart from the first 20 minutes or so Derby were the better side and deserved the win and if it had not been for some superb defending they possibly could have won by a couple of goals more.
A good night for playing football at an excellent stadium, very decent ground is Pride Park, the early stages were end to end, the Rams were nearly gifted an opening goal when Maxwell miles from goal messed up a clearence and Weimann speculative 45 yard shot missed narrowly with Maxwell no where to be seen.
North End attacked Robinson had two efforts the second from a free kick tipped over the bar by Carson. Nugent headed wide and was then denied by Maxwell sticking out his left leg to deny the ex North End striker. North End got into good positions but the final ball was poor. It was noticeable that Derby were denying us space and therefore we were struggling to gt into the game.
Towards half time Mr Eltringham managed to annoy everyone in the stadium with a series of odd decisions.
Derby were on the front foot from the off at the start of the second half should have been ahead within seconds when Nugent from about five yards out had his shot superbly blocked by Fisher, Vydra was then denied from close range by Maxwell and Weimann was denied by a combination of both Cunningham and Fisher however the goal was not long in arriving although the award of a penalty for the usual WWF in the penalty area was disappointing as you know damn well if it had been at the other end it would not have been given.
Vydra just about beat Maxwell to score the games only goal, from then on in chances were few and far between as Derby sat back and denied us space.
North End brought on Horgan and Maguire and both lads gave us a bit of invention up front but apart from a chance late on for Browne which he failed to take Derby were not unduly troubled.
Cunningham and Gallagher were both injured, Gally ended up in hospital with blurred vision and Cunningham has a knee injury which is more worrying. Star men Davies and Fisher andf for Derby, Huddlestone was absolute quality .
Derby boss Gary Rowett: "It was important to respond to Saturday [home defeat against Wolves]. We were much better this evening. There was much more energy and we were more compact as a team.
"But for more composure and quality in our attacking play we could have made the game safer much earlier.
"We limited Preston to few chances and I'm pleased with how we saw the game out, we showed great resilience.
"There was no argument about the penalty. The ref warned the player two or three times before he gave it and once you grab someone in the box you leave yourself open to that."
Preston manager Alex Neil: "The penalty is difficult, everyone is moving about and jostling for position and that will always happen. It is disappointing that the linesman called it.
"I have seen them given so I am not suggesting we were hard done by, but the referee could not see it.
"Derby put us under pressure for a good 10-15 minutes at the start of the second half and we did not cope with it.
"In the first 30 minutes we got into good areas and behind their midfield, we had two really good three-on-two chances but our use of the ball was not good enough. We did not play as well as we have done and we looked a bit leggy."
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