Preston North End 0 Millwall 0
Preston
22Maxwell
14Fisher Booked at 84mins
23Huntington Booked at 45mins
20Davies
32Earl
11Johnson Substituted for Robinson at 82'minutes
19Welsh
29Barkhuizen Booked at 17mins Substituted for Mavididi at 68'minutes
24Maguire
10Harrop Substituted fo rBrowne at 60'minutes
9Hugill
Substitutes
7Horgan
8Browne
15Woods
17Spurr
27Mavididi
28Hudson
37Robinson
Millwall
1Archer
2McLaughlin
17Webster
4Hutchinson
3Meredith
14Wallace Booked at 78mins Substituted fo rRomeo at 90+5'minutes
6Williams
23Saville
22O'Brien Substituted for Tunnicliffe at 85'minutes
20Morison
10 Onyedinma Substituted for Ferguson at 55'minutes
Substitutes
5Craig
11Ferguson
12Romeo
16Martin
18Tunnicliffe
21Twardek
35Cooper
Referee:
Darren Bond
Attendance:
12,363 (546 Millwall)
An afternoon for quality football however non was played durng 97 minutes of this dire offering, the Lions set their stall out not to lose and try and catch us on the break, rarely looked like scoring, whilst we being denied space lumped it forward were Webster won most things in the air and when he didn't received numerous free kicks to help him out.
An effort by Saville which was parried by Maxwell, Morison sliced the rebound wide and a Maguire effort into the side netting from a difficult angle were the sole efforts at goal. The game didn't flow with numerous stoppages, Millwall won the lions share of free kicks and lobbed all of them into our box in the hope their big lads woukld get on the end of them they didn't.
Game was a bit more open in the second period and we had one great chance when Barkuizen and Fisher combined with the former cross being inches away from Harrop scoring that was it from us whilst a Morison shot just evaided Ferguson who was not noticed sneaking in at the back post.
One too forget and a word must go in respects of Mr Bond the Lancashire referee and his assistants, fkin clueless
Preston manager Alex Neil said:
"We knew it would be a tough match and they made it that way. We matched that but I'd like to see us do a bit better.
"It's a home game and we wanted to win it. If you want to be at the top end of the table you have to win types of games like that.
"These are the games you need to win 1-0. If you do that you go away thinking it's a great three points."
Millwall boss Neil Harris said:
"I think it wasn't the best quality performance by us. There were moments when we were disappointed in our attacking play, but we have to stand strong and get something out of the game and that's what we did.
"We realised that we weren't affecting the game going forward. I was pleased with all their performances and what's pleasing is when you're not playing very well, you have to do your defensive responsibilities and we did that well.
"It's two clean sheets in a row. Clean sheets are hard to come by and I'm delighted for the group. The fans will go home happy and proud of the team."
Preston
22Maxwell
14Fisher Booked at 84mins
23Huntington Booked at 45mins
20Davies
32Earl
11Johnson Substituted for Robinson at 82'minutes
19Welsh
29Barkhuizen Booked at 17mins Substituted for Mavididi at 68'minutes
24Maguire
10Harrop Substituted fo rBrowne at 60'minutes
9Hugill
Substitutes
7Horgan
8Browne
15Woods
17Spurr
27Mavididi
28Hudson
37Robinson
Millwall
1Archer
2McLaughlin
17Webster
4Hutchinson
3Meredith
14Wallace Booked at 78mins Substituted fo rRomeo at 90+5'minutes
6Williams
23Saville
22O'Brien Substituted for Tunnicliffe at 85'minutes
20Morison
10 Onyedinma Substituted for Ferguson at 55'minutes
Substitutes
5Craig
11Ferguson
12Romeo
16Martin
18Tunnicliffe
21Twardek
35Cooper
Referee:
Darren Bond
Attendance:
12,363 (546 Millwall)
An afternoon for quality football however non was played durng 97 minutes of this dire offering, the Lions set their stall out not to lose and try and catch us on the break, rarely looked like scoring, whilst we being denied space lumped it forward were Webster won most things in the air and when he didn't received numerous free kicks to help him out.
An effort by Saville which was parried by Maxwell, Morison sliced the rebound wide and a Maguire effort into the side netting from a difficult angle were the sole efforts at goal. The game didn't flow with numerous stoppages, Millwall won the lions share of free kicks and lobbed all of them into our box in the hope their big lads woukld get on the end of them they didn't.
Game was a bit more open in the second period and we had one great chance when Barkuizen and Fisher combined with the former cross being inches away from Harrop scoring that was it from us whilst a Morison shot just evaided Ferguson who was not noticed sneaking in at the back post.
One too forget and a word must go in respects of Mr Bond the Lancashire referee and his assistants, fkin clueless
Preston manager Alex Neil said:
"We knew it would be a tough match and they made it that way. We matched that but I'd like to see us do a bit better.
"It's a home game and we wanted to win it. If you want to be at the top end of the table you have to win types of games like that.
"These are the games you need to win 1-0. If you do that you go away thinking it's a great three points."
Millwall boss Neil Harris said:
"I think it wasn't the best quality performance by us. There were moments when we were disappointed in our attacking play, but we have to stand strong and get something out of the game and that's what we did.
"We realised that we weren't affecting the game going forward. I was pleased with all their performances and what's pleasing is when you're not playing very well, you have to do your defensive responsibilities and we did that well.
"It's two clean sheets in a row. Clean sheets are hard to come by and I'm delighted for the group. The fans will go home happy and proud of the team."
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