17-02-2018, 20:54
Preston North End 1 Browne Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Costa
PNE: Rudd, Fisher, Huntington, Davies, Earl, Welsh, Johnson (Harrop 88), Bodin, Browne, Barkhuizen (Moult 88), Robinson (Horgan 70).
Subs (not used): Harrop, Woods, Spurr, Moult, O'Reilly, Maxwell.
Wolves: Ruddy, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, N'Diaye (Afobe 62), Neves, Douglas, Costa (Saiss 81), Cavaleiro (Bonatini 88), Jota.
Subs (not used): Batth, Gibbs-White, Miranda, Norris.
Referee: Rob Jones (Merseyside) Attendance: 18,570 (5,626 away)
Would have taken a point before the game however disappointed we didn't take all three and unsurprisingly the sending off of Welsh on the hour changed the course of the game. Sadly both probably bookings although both soft, the second one Welsh barely touched Cavaleiro however down he went rolled around and off went Welsh, the first booking Jota's scream has apparently caused an earthquake in Wales, rolls around in agony but doesn't need the trainer as per.
Up to thye sending off it had been a really decent game with North End dominating early possession before Wolves made their class tell by pinning us back, we survived a couple of close efforts but came back strongly on the stroke of half time, causing problems for the Wolves defence with keeper Ruddy looking less than secure. Happy to get to the break level we started off the second in impressive style, Browne had already hit the post before he headed home a Robinson corner at the back post to give us a deserved lead. Then came the sending off and it was then just a case of holding on to the lead which we did for all of two minutes. Wasn't a classic Wolves goal by the standard of some thatb they have scored this seaon, personal view the ball just bounced right for them and ended up at the feet of Costa about 10 yards out all square.
Feared the worst but we hung on in there, a couple of Neves efforts went narrowly wide also Rudd had to make one decent save but the couldn't break us down again.
Browne was immense for us today, also interesting to note we had a 16 year old on the bench in Adam Reilly, disappointed with a point but now two points from Bristol City in sixth, we may play Wanderers next season after all.
Preston manager Alex Neil:
"In the first half we limited Wolves to not many chances, but I thought we had one ingredient missing in the first half which was a bit of belief that we could beat them.
"That was the basis of my half-time team talk. We started the second half on the front foot, we got our goal.
"What would have been really good would have been to keep 11 men on the pitch and see how the game transpired. At that stage I was really confident that we would have gone on to win the game."
Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo:
"Everybody thought that we were closer to winning the game, but playing against one man less requires a different approach. I think we created enough chances to win it, but we have to have a different approach and it's something we have to look at.
"In the same way, we have to look at set-pieces because we were in control of the game and we concede from a set-piece.
"I am not happy with the result because we prepare every game to win. We need to look at what happened today and get better."
PNE: Rudd, Fisher, Huntington, Davies, Earl, Welsh, Johnson (Harrop 88), Bodin, Browne, Barkhuizen (Moult 88), Robinson (Horgan 70).
Subs (not used): Harrop, Woods, Spurr, Moult, O'Reilly, Maxwell.
Wolves: Ruddy, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, N'Diaye (Afobe 62), Neves, Douglas, Costa (Saiss 81), Cavaleiro (Bonatini 88), Jota.
Subs (not used): Batth, Gibbs-White, Miranda, Norris.
Referee: Rob Jones (Merseyside) Attendance: 18,570 (5,626 away)
Would have taken a point before the game however disappointed we didn't take all three and unsurprisingly the sending off of Welsh on the hour changed the course of the game. Sadly both probably bookings although both soft, the second one Welsh barely touched Cavaleiro however down he went rolled around and off went Welsh, the first booking Jota's scream has apparently caused an earthquake in Wales, rolls around in agony but doesn't need the trainer as per.
Up to thye sending off it had been a really decent game with North End dominating early possession before Wolves made their class tell by pinning us back, we survived a couple of close efforts but came back strongly on the stroke of half time, causing problems for the Wolves defence with keeper Ruddy looking less than secure. Happy to get to the break level we started off the second in impressive style, Browne had already hit the post before he headed home a Robinson corner at the back post to give us a deserved lead. Then came the sending off and it was then just a case of holding on to the lead which we did for all of two minutes. Wasn't a classic Wolves goal by the standard of some thatb they have scored this seaon, personal view the ball just bounced right for them and ended up at the feet of Costa about 10 yards out all square.
Feared the worst but we hung on in there, a couple of Neves efforts went narrowly wide also Rudd had to make one decent save but the couldn't break us down again.
Browne was immense for us today, also interesting to note we had a 16 year old on the bench in Adam Reilly, disappointed with a point but now two points from Bristol City in sixth, we may play Wanderers next season after all.
Preston manager Alex Neil:
"In the first half we limited Wolves to not many chances, but I thought we had one ingredient missing in the first half which was a bit of belief that we could beat them.
"That was the basis of my half-time team talk. We started the second half on the front foot, we got our goal.
"What would have been really good would have been to keep 11 men on the pitch and see how the game transpired. At that stage I was really confident that we would have gone on to win the game."
Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo:
"Everybody thought that we were closer to winning the game, but playing against one man less requires a different approach. I think we created enough chances to win it, but we have to have a different approach and it's something we have to look at.
"In the same way, we have to look at set-pieces because we were in control of the game and we concede from a set-piece.
"I am not happy with the result because we prepare every game to win. We need to look at what happened today and get better."
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