11-04-2018, 15:45
Preston North End 3 Gallagher, Maguire, Browne Leeds United 1
PNE: Rudd, Clarke, Huntington, Davies, Cunningham, Pearson, Gallagher (Harrop 67), Bodin (Horgan 84), Browne, Barkhuizen (Robinson 76), Maguire. Subs (not used): Woods, Moult, Earl, Maxwell.
Leeds: Peacock-Farrell, Dallas, Jansson (Diaz 57), O'Connor, Anita, Vieira, Phillips, Hernandez, Roofe (Saiz 68), Ekuban, Grot (Alioski 68). Subs (not used): Lasogga, Nicell, Pearce, Lonergan.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
Attendance: 14,188 (3,550 away)
At half time 1 down having the majority of chances and seen the opposition score with their first effort on goal the vast majority of the home support no doubt had that sinking feeling that defeat number four on the bounce was about to happen, but credit wher credit is due we upped the tempo and in the end ran out deserving winners against a Leeds side which seems to be uncertain in which direction it is heading as the team sheet proved with the surprise benching of Saiz and Alioski.
We started well but true to form Leeds took an early lead after a series of errors by North End, Huntington misjudged a header which led to a corner, fom the corner Gallagher missed his challenge ball across to back post Roofe applied finishing touch.
Maguire missed two chances which really should have been taken against a Leeds back line which included Dallas at right back and youngster O'Connor at centre back and was suspect to say the least when we did occasionally threaten the goal the young keeper kept them out and so did the woodwork hit when MOM Bodin whacked a shot against it.
Level almost immediately at the start of the second half, Anita brought down Bodin, soft penalty but right decision, Gallagher's penalty was perfect low to the bottom right with keeper Peacock-Farrell going the right way but not able to save it. Within minutes we were ahead.
Gally's cross from a wide right was a cracker Maguire headed home without a defender near him. Possible controversy over the goal from the preceding corner Jansson was flat out on the deck, the referee didn't stop play and we scored.
Gallagher nearly went from hero to zero with a abject pass across the face of his own goal but he was bailed out by a Davies with an excellent defensive tackle.
A bitb of hanbags following a foul on Rudd who made another good save from Ekuban before Robinson's cross from the left, Browne's header was exceptional and it was points in the bag.
Once we were levl we played with returning confidence the gap is now down to five points up to sixth still all to play for.
Alex Neil believed his side took to their second half objective head on and came out fighting as North End got back to winning ways at Deepdale tonight.
At half-time, the hosts found themselves in an all too familiar scenario in recent weeks as despite being the better team, Kemar Roofe’s goal on 13 minutes sent Leeds ahead at the break.
However, in the second half, Alex Neil’s side scored three without reply to earn the Lilywhites the win at Deepdale, and the manager was pleased with the attitude shown amongst his players this evening.
“At half-time we were a bit concerned that it was going to be the same old because we’ve been in similar positions in recent week where we’ve performed well. I thought we were the better side in the first half and had the better of the chances. They’ve had a couple of attempts at goal but not really that many where you think they should have scored whereas we’ve had several. We had a lot more pressure and chances at that stage.
“At half-time, I just said to the lads we’re all sick of coming in here and saying we’re playing well but not getting what we deserve because winning games and points is what it’s about so we need to go and make the difference and that’s what they did.
“They rose to the challenge and I thought what we did in the second half was add goals to our game. I don’t think the game changed that much and then we went on and won the game and rightfully so.
“I challenged them at half-time because we’ve done a couple of debriefs about how we’ve played and I think the message we’ve had between us and speaking to the lads is that we just need to keep believing and doing what we’re doing as it will reap dividends and our performances have improved as the season has wore on.
"We’ve created more chances in terms of clear cut, and I think tonight if we took all of our chances we’d of had five or six so it’s pleasing. Today was a shot in the arm for us and some of the lads now will grow in confidence and be stronger.”
The manager admitted that he looked for inspiration from his experienced players tonight, none other than through Paul Gallagher who scored and assisted one this evening.
“I don’t think Gally had his best first half, but what experienced players do is they go and stick their chest out and make it right and that’s exactly what he did,” added Neil.
“He comes in and takes his penalty nice and calm into the corner and it’s an unbelievable delivery for the second goal. Sean puts his head in there where he needs to as a striker and gets his goal. Sean’s second half performance was much improved as well; we needed a lot more from our players in the second half and we got that.
“We needed to make sure we stopped that stem of defeats and to score three goals as well was pleasing.
“We’ve got some good games coming up and some teams around us have got some difficult games coming up but we’re still in that bunch and we need to hope that teams drop points and it’s back to one match again and anything can happen so we’ll keep going. The most important thing tonight is to win the game
Alex Neil believed his side took to their second half objective head on and came out fighting as North End got back to winning ways at Deepdale tonight.
At half-time, the hosts found themselves in an all too familiar scenario in recent weeks as despite being the better team, Kemar Roofe’s goal on 13 minutes sent Leeds ahead at the break.
However, in the second half, Alex Neil’s side scored three without reply to earn the Lilywhites the win at Deepdale, and the manager was pleased with the attitude shown amongst his players this evening.
“At half-time we were a bit concerned that it was going to be the same old because we’ve been in similar positions in recent week where we’ve performed well. I thought we were the better side in the first half and had the better of the chances. They’ve had a couple of attempts at goal but not really that many where you think they should have scored whereas we’ve had several. We had a lot more pressure and chances at that stage.
“At half-time, I just said to the lads we’re all sick of coming in here and saying we’re playing well but not getting what we deserve because winning games and points is what it’s about so we need to go and make the difference and that’s what they did.
“They rose to the challenge and I thought what we did in the second half was add goals to our game. I don’t think the game changed that much and then we went on and won the game and rightfully so.
“I challenged them at half-time because we’ve done a couple of debriefs about how we’ve played and I think the message we’ve had between us and speaking to the lads is that we just need to keep believing and doing what we’re doing as it will reap dividends and our performances have improved as the season has wore on.
"We’ve created more chances in terms of clear cut, and I think tonight if we took all of our chances we’d of had five or six so it’s pleasing. Today was a shot in the arm for us and some of the lads now will grow in confidence and be stronger.”
The manager admitted that he looked for inspiration from his experienced players tonight, none other than through Paul Gallagher who scored and assisted one this evening.
“I don’t think Gally had his best first half, but what experienced players do is they go and stick their chest out and make it right and that’s exactly what he did,” added Neil.
“He comes in and takes his penalty nice and calm into the corner and it’s an unbelievable delivery for the second goal. Sean puts his head in there where he needs to as a striker and gets his goal. Sean’s second half performance was much improved as well; we needed a lot more from our players in the second half and we got that.
“We needed to make sure we stopped that stem of defeats and to score three goals as well was pleasing.
“We’ve got some good games coming up and some teams around us have got some difficult games coming up but we’re still in that bunch and we need to hope that teams drop points and it’s back to one match again and anything can happen so we’ll keep going. The most important thing tonight is to win the game
Alex Neil believed his side took to their second half objective head on and came out fighting as North End got back to winning ways at Deepdale tonight.
At half-time, the hosts found themselves in an all too familiar scenario in recent weeks as despite being the better team, Kemar Roofe’s goal on 13 minutes sent Leeds ahead at the break.
However, in the second half, Alex Neil’s side scored three without reply to earn the Lilywhites the win at Deepdale, and the manager was pleased with the attitude shown amongst his players this evening.
“At half-time we were a bit concerned that it was going to be the same old because we’ve been in similar positions in recent week where we’ve performed well. I thought we were the better side in the first half and had the better of the chances. They’ve had a couple of attempts at goal but not really that many where you think they should have scored whereas we’ve had several. We had a lot more pressure and chances at that stage.
“At half-time, I just said to the lads we’re all sick of coming in here and saying we’re playing well but not getting what we deserve because winning games and points is what it’s about so we need to go and make the difference and that’s what they did.
“They rose to the challenge and I thought what we did in the second half was add goals to our game. I don’t think the game changed that much and then we went on and won the game and rightfully so.
“I challenged them at half-time because we’ve done a couple of debriefs about how we’ve played and I think the message we’ve had between us and speaking to the lads is that we just need to keep believing and doing what we’re doing as it will reap dividends and our performances have improved as the season has wore on.
"We’ve created more chances in terms of clear cut, and I think tonight if we took all of our chances we’d of had five or six so it’s pleasing. Today was a shot in the arm for us and some of the lads now will grow in confidence and be stronger.”
The manager admitted that he looked for inspiration from his experienced players tonight, none other than through Paul Gallagher who scored and assisted one this evening.
“I don’t think Gally had his best first half, but what experienced players do is they go and stick their chest out and make it right and that’s exactly what he did,” added Neil.
“He comes in and takes his penalty nice and calm into the corner and it’s an unbelievable delivery for the second goal. Sean puts his head in there where he needs to as a striker and gets his goal. Sean’s second half performance was much improved as well; we needed a lot more from our players in the second half and we got that.
“We needed to make sure we stopped that stem of defeats and to score three goals as well was pleasing.
“We’ve got some good games coming up and some teams around us have got some difficult games coming up but we’re still in that bunch and we need to hope that teams drop points and it’s back to one match again and anything can happen so we’ll keep going. The most important thing tonight is to win the game
Leeds United head coach Paul Heckingbottom s
Heckingbottom was unhappy with the result, but heaped praise on the 3,550 Leeds supporters who made the trip across the Pennines.
“I’m sick about a lot of things and it is disappointing,” said Heckingbottom.
“The big turning point was the second goal, it was tough, we had a man down with a head injury and all of these moments seem to be going against us.
“As it stands at the minute, we have the dressing room we have and everyone has to stand up and we have to squeeze every little bit that we can out of all the players.
“I can’t take too many positives out of the game, because there is nothing worse than getting beat.
“Our fans were superb though, sticking with us and getting behind us and we are going to need their support, to help the young players through it.”
Heckingbottom also gave an injury update on his squad, with an increasing number of players currently on the sidelines.
He said: “As it stands we won’t have any more players back for Friday, which is frustrating.
“We want to put a team out which can give the fans what they want, a performance with determination and aggression on the pitch.
At the minute we have what we have and we will keep working and push the players to stand up, be brave and be as good as they can be.”
PNE: Rudd, Clarke, Huntington, Davies, Cunningham, Pearson, Gallagher (Harrop 67), Bodin (Horgan 84), Browne, Barkhuizen (Robinson 76), Maguire. Subs (not used): Woods, Moult, Earl, Maxwell.
Leeds: Peacock-Farrell, Dallas, Jansson (Diaz 57), O'Connor, Anita, Vieira, Phillips, Hernandez, Roofe (Saiz 68), Ekuban, Grot (Alioski 68). Subs (not used): Lasogga, Nicell, Pearce, Lonergan.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
Attendance: 14,188 (3,550 away)
At half time 1 down having the majority of chances and seen the opposition score with their first effort on goal the vast majority of the home support no doubt had that sinking feeling that defeat number four on the bounce was about to happen, but credit wher credit is due we upped the tempo and in the end ran out deserving winners against a Leeds side which seems to be uncertain in which direction it is heading as the team sheet proved with the surprise benching of Saiz and Alioski.
We started well but true to form Leeds took an early lead after a series of errors by North End, Huntington misjudged a header which led to a corner, fom the corner Gallagher missed his challenge ball across to back post Roofe applied finishing touch.
Maguire missed two chances which really should have been taken against a Leeds back line which included Dallas at right back and youngster O'Connor at centre back and was suspect to say the least when we did occasionally threaten the goal the young keeper kept them out and so did the woodwork hit when MOM Bodin whacked a shot against it.
Level almost immediately at the start of the second half, Anita brought down Bodin, soft penalty but right decision, Gallagher's penalty was perfect low to the bottom right with keeper Peacock-Farrell going the right way but not able to save it. Within minutes we were ahead.
Gally's cross from a wide right was a cracker Maguire headed home without a defender near him. Possible controversy over the goal from the preceding corner Jansson was flat out on the deck, the referee didn't stop play and we scored.
Gallagher nearly went from hero to zero with a abject pass across the face of his own goal but he was bailed out by a Davies with an excellent defensive tackle.
A bitb of hanbags following a foul on Rudd who made another good save from Ekuban before Robinson's cross from the left, Browne's header was exceptional and it was points in the bag.
Once we were levl we played with returning confidence the gap is now down to five points up to sixth still all to play for.
Alex Neil believed his side took to their second half objective head on and came out fighting as North End got back to winning ways at Deepdale tonight.
At half-time, the hosts found themselves in an all too familiar scenario in recent weeks as despite being the better team, Kemar Roofe’s goal on 13 minutes sent Leeds ahead at the break.
However, in the second half, Alex Neil’s side scored three without reply to earn the Lilywhites the win at Deepdale, and the manager was pleased with the attitude shown amongst his players this evening.
“At half-time we were a bit concerned that it was going to be the same old because we’ve been in similar positions in recent week where we’ve performed well. I thought we were the better side in the first half and had the better of the chances. They’ve had a couple of attempts at goal but not really that many where you think they should have scored whereas we’ve had several. We had a lot more pressure and chances at that stage.
“At half-time, I just said to the lads we’re all sick of coming in here and saying we’re playing well but not getting what we deserve because winning games and points is what it’s about so we need to go and make the difference and that’s what they did.
“They rose to the challenge and I thought what we did in the second half was add goals to our game. I don’t think the game changed that much and then we went on and won the game and rightfully so.
“I challenged them at half-time because we’ve done a couple of debriefs about how we’ve played and I think the message we’ve had between us and speaking to the lads is that we just need to keep believing and doing what we’re doing as it will reap dividends and our performances have improved as the season has wore on.
"We’ve created more chances in terms of clear cut, and I think tonight if we took all of our chances we’d of had five or six so it’s pleasing. Today was a shot in the arm for us and some of the lads now will grow in confidence and be stronger.”
The manager admitted that he looked for inspiration from his experienced players tonight, none other than through Paul Gallagher who scored and assisted one this evening.
“I don’t think Gally had his best first half, but what experienced players do is they go and stick their chest out and make it right and that’s exactly what he did,” added Neil.
“He comes in and takes his penalty nice and calm into the corner and it’s an unbelievable delivery for the second goal. Sean puts his head in there where he needs to as a striker and gets his goal. Sean’s second half performance was much improved as well; we needed a lot more from our players in the second half and we got that.
“We needed to make sure we stopped that stem of defeats and to score three goals as well was pleasing.
“We’ve got some good games coming up and some teams around us have got some difficult games coming up but we’re still in that bunch and we need to hope that teams drop points and it’s back to one match again and anything can happen so we’ll keep going. The most important thing tonight is to win the game
Alex Neil believed his side took to their second half objective head on and came out fighting as North End got back to winning ways at Deepdale tonight.
At half-time, the hosts found themselves in an all too familiar scenario in recent weeks as despite being the better team, Kemar Roofe’s goal on 13 minutes sent Leeds ahead at the break.
However, in the second half, Alex Neil’s side scored three without reply to earn the Lilywhites the win at Deepdale, and the manager was pleased with the attitude shown amongst his players this evening.
“At half-time we were a bit concerned that it was going to be the same old because we’ve been in similar positions in recent week where we’ve performed well. I thought we were the better side in the first half and had the better of the chances. They’ve had a couple of attempts at goal but not really that many where you think they should have scored whereas we’ve had several. We had a lot more pressure and chances at that stage.
“At half-time, I just said to the lads we’re all sick of coming in here and saying we’re playing well but not getting what we deserve because winning games and points is what it’s about so we need to go and make the difference and that’s what they did.
“They rose to the challenge and I thought what we did in the second half was add goals to our game. I don’t think the game changed that much and then we went on and won the game and rightfully so.
“I challenged them at half-time because we’ve done a couple of debriefs about how we’ve played and I think the message we’ve had between us and speaking to the lads is that we just need to keep believing and doing what we’re doing as it will reap dividends and our performances have improved as the season has wore on.
"We’ve created more chances in terms of clear cut, and I think tonight if we took all of our chances we’d of had five or six so it’s pleasing. Today was a shot in the arm for us and some of the lads now will grow in confidence and be stronger.”
The manager admitted that he looked for inspiration from his experienced players tonight, none other than through Paul Gallagher who scored and assisted one this evening.
“I don’t think Gally had his best first half, but what experienced players do is they go and stick their chest out and make it right and that’s exactly what he did,” added Neil.
“He comes in and takes his penalty nice and calm into the corner and it’s an unbelievable delivery for the second goal. Sean puts his head in there where he needs to as a striker and gets his goal. Sean’s second half performance was much improved as well; we needed a lot more from our players in the second half and we got that.
“We needed to make sure we stopped that stem of defeats and to score three goals as well was pleasing.
“We’ve got some good games coming up and some teams around us have got some difficult games coming up but we’re still in that bunch and we need to hope that teams drop points and it’s back to one match again and anything can happen so we’ll keep going. The most important thing tonight is to win the game
Alex Neil believed his side took to their second half objective head on and came out fighting as North End got back to winning ways at Deepdale tonight.
At half-time, the hosts found themselves in an all too familiar scenario in recent weeks as despite being the better team, Kemar Roofe’s goal on 13 minutes sent Leeds ahead at the break.
However, in the second half, Alex Neil’s side scored three without reply to earn the Lilywhites the win at Deepdale, and the manager was pleased with the attitude shown amongst his players this evening.
“At half-time we were a bit concerned that it was going to be the same old because we’ve been in similar positions in recent week where we’ve performed well. I thought we were the better side in the first half and had the better of the chances. They’ve had a couple of attempts at goal but not really that many where you think they should have scored whereas we’ve had several. We had a lot more pressure and chances at that stage.
“At half-time, I just said to the lads we’re all sick of coming in here and saying we’re playing well but not getting what we deserve because winning games and points is what it’s about so we need to go and make the difference and that’s what they did.
“They rose to the challenge and I thought what we did in the second half was add goals to our game. I don’t think the game changed that much and then we went on and won the game and rightfully so.
“I challenged them at half-time because we’ve done a couple of debriefs about how we’ve played and I think the message we’ve had between us and speaking to the lads is that we just need to keep believing and doing what we’re doing as it will reap dividends and our performances have improved as the season has wore on.
"We’ve created more chances in terms of clear cut, and I think tonight if we took all of our chances we’d of had five or six so it’s pleasing. Today was a shot in the arm for us and some of the lads now will grow in confidence and be stronger.”
The manager admitted that he looked for inspiration from his experienced players tonight, none other than through Paul Gallagher who scored and assisted one this evening.
“I don’t think Gally had his best first half, but what experienced players do is they go and stick their chest out and make it right and that’s exactly what he did,” added Neil.
“He comes in and takes his penalty nice and calm into the corner and it’s an unbelievable delivery for the second goal. Sean puts his head in there where he needs to as a striker and gets his goal. Sean’s second half performance was much improved as well; we needed a lot more from our players in the second half and we got that.
“We needed to make sure we stopped that stem of defeats and to score three goals as well was pleasing.
“We’ve got some good games coming up and some teams around us have got some difficult games coming up but we’re still in that bunch and we need to hope that teams drop points and it’s back to one match again and anything can happen so we’ll keep going. The most important thing tonight is to win the game
Leeds United head coach Paul Heckingbottom s
Heckingbottom was unhappy with the result, but heaped praise on the 3,550 Leeds supporters who made the trip across the Pennines.
“I’m sick about a lot of things and it is disappointing,” said Heckingbottom.
“The big turning point was the second goal, it was tough, we had a man down with a head injury and all of these moments seem to be going against us.
“As it stands at the minute, we have the dressing room we have and everyone has to stand up and we have to squeeze every little bit that we can out of all the players.
“I can’t take too many positives out of the game, because there is nothing worse than getting beat.
“Our fans were superb though, sticking with us and getting behind us and we are going to need their support, to help the young players through it.”
Heckingbottom also gave an injury update on his squad, with an increasing number of players currently on the sidelines.
He said: “As it stands we won’t have any more players back for Friday, which is frustrating.
“We want to put a team out which can give the fans what they want, a performance with determination and aggression on the pitch.
At the minute we have what we have and we will keep working and push the players to stand up, be brave and be as good as they can be.”
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