02-12-2017, 21:12
Preston North End 1 (Hugill) Queens Park Rangers 0
PNE: Maxwell, Fisher, Clarke (O'Connor 46), Huntington, Davies, Pearson, Gallagher, Barkhuizen, Browne (Harrop 46), Robinson, Hugill. Subs (not used): Boyle, Horgan, Pringle, Welsh, Rudd.
QPR: Smithies, Wszolek, Baptiste, Robinson, Bidwell, Wheeler (Smith 73), Scowen, Luongo, Chair (Sylla 90), Mackie, Washington. Subs (not used): Cousins, Manning, Goss, Smyth, Lumley.
Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Carnforth) Attendance: 11,290 (518 away)
A long overdue home win although it only came through a goal a couple of minutes from the end against a side who had been reduced to ten men following a Mackie tackle on Tom Clarke after 22 minutes, he may have been a bit unlucky however the referee was closer than I was and gave him a straight red. Pity really because up to that point it had been a really open game, Rangers had gone close from a free kick by Scowen, Browne had two chance for us one he really should have scored and Clarke was narrowly wide with a header however once Rangers were reduced to 10 we seemed to change formation on several occasions which seemed to play into the visitors hands.
Barkhuizen nearly broke the deadlock early in the second half with a first time volley that brought a good one handed save fom Smithies and we did get slightly fortunate when a close range Rangers effort ended in Maxwell's hands when it could have so easily gone into the net. Apart from a Gallagher long ranger we created little, and our oh so ponderous build up made it easy for Rangers to defend in depth. Indeed Rangers began to push forward on the break and were reward with a series of free kicks around the edge of the box, they wasted most of them although the last one from Chair went agonisingly past the far post.
Just as it seemed destined to end goalless a quality through ball from Fisher found Hugill took the ball in his stride and side footed it past Smithies for the winner.
Rangers had one last chance defender Robinson found himself 20 yards from goal hit a goal bound shot which Maxwell did superbly to save. The visitors lost their heads in the last couple of minutes a couple of crude challenges and another red card after the final whistle for probably industrial language by Baptiste to the referee.
Not pretty but three points in the end.
Preston boss Alex Neil:
"When you play against 10 men, people think it's easy to roll them over and go on and win. But we had to be on our guard and be patient.
"We made a couple of tactical changes at half time. We could feel the fans desperation to get the goal.
"I'm delighted for Jordan as he's been waiting four or five games for that goal. He does a great job for us at the top end of the pitch."
QPR manager Ian Holloway on the two red cards:
"Now I've got two sending offs in a game where I didn't see a bad foul. I think it was a second yellow for Alex. He got the first for bouncing the ball down.
"Then Alex refused to shake [former team-mate] Ben Pearson's hand and he called him something. The referee told me that he thought he'd said it to him.
"We will be appealing Jamie Mackie's red and that's all I can say about it."
QPR manager Ian Holloway on his team's performance:
"It was a bitterly disappointing day on the road again because our performance with all the people we've got out was absolutely terrific.
"Unfortunately, we've got no points when we should have got at least one. We've lost 1-0. But am I proud? Yes. Is it a bad run we're in? Yes. Can we get out of it? Yes."
PNE: Maxwell, Fisher, Clarke (O'Connor 46), Huntington, Davies, Pearson, Gallagher, Barkhuizen, Browne (Harrop 46), Robinson, Hugill. Subs (not used): Boyle, Horgan, Pringle, Welsh, Rudd.
QPR: Smithies, Wszolek, Baptiste, Robinson, Bidwell, Wheeler (Smith 73), Scowen, Luongo, Chair (Sylla 90), Mackie, Washington. Subs (not used): Cousins, Manning, Goss, Smyth, Lumley.
Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Carnforth) Attendance: 11,290 (518 away)
A long overdue home win although it only came through a goal a couple of minutes from the end against a side who had been reduced to ten men following a Mackie tackle on Tom Clarke after 22 minutes, he may have been a bit unlucky however the referee was closer than I was and gave him a straight red. Pity really because up to that point it had been a really open game, Rangers had gone close from a free kick by Scowen, Browne had two chance for us one he really should have scored and Clarke was narrowly wide with a header however once Rangers were reduced to 10 we seemed to change formation on several occasions which seemed to play into the visitors hands.
Barkhuizen nearly broke the deadlock early in the second half with a first time volley that brought a good one handed save fom Smithies and we did get slightly fortunate when a close range Rangers effort ended in Maxwell's hands when it could have so easily gone into the net. Apart from a Gallagher long ranger we created little, and our oh so ponderous build up made it easy for Rangers to defend in depth. Indeed Rangers began to push forward on the break and were reward with a series of free kicks around the edge of the box, they wasted most of them although the last one from Chair went agonisingly past the far post.
Just as it seemed destined to end goalless a quality through ball from Fisher found Hugill took the ball in his stride and side footed it past Smithies for the winner.
Rangers had one last chance defender Robinson found himself 20 yards from goal hit a goal bound shot which Maxwell did superbly to save. The visitors lost their heads in the last couple of minutes a couple of crude challenges and another red card after the final whistle for probably industrial language by Baptiste to the referee.
Not pretty but three points in the end.
Preston boss Alex Neil:
"When you play against 10 men, people think it's easy to roll them over and go on and win. But we had to be on our guard and be patient.
"We made a couple of tactical changes at half time. We could feel the fans desperation to get the goal.
"I'm delighted for Jordan as he's been waiting four or five games for that goal. He does a great job for us at the top end of the pitch."
QPR manager Ian Holloway on the two red cards:
"Now I've got two sending offs in a game where I didn't see a bad foul. I think it was a second yellow for Alex. He got the first for bouncing the ball down.
"Then Alex refused to shake [former team-mate] Ben Pearson's hand and he called him something. The referee told me that he thought he'd said it to him.
"We will be appealing Jamie Mackie's red and that's all I can say about it."
QPR manager Ian Holloway on his team's performance:
"It was a bitterly disappointing day on the road again because our performance with all the people we've got out was absolutely terrific.
"Unfortunately, we've got no points when we should have got at least one. We've lost 1-0. But am I proud? Yes. Is it a bad run we're in? Yes. Can we get out of it? Yes."
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