24-11-2018, 20:46
Preston North End 4(FOUR) Barkhizen, Robinson, Moult, Browne Blackburn Rovers 1 Graham
PNE line-up: Rudd, Clarke ©, Earl, Pearson (Ledson, 83), Huntington, Davies, Barkhuizen, Gallagher, Nmecha (Moult, 60), Browne, Robinson (Barker, 69). Subs not used: Maxwell, Fisher, Hughes, Burke.
Blackburn Rovers line-up: Raya, Nyambe, Williams, Reed, Smallwood (Graham, 46), Armstrong (Rothwell, 65), Mulgrew ©, Dack, Lenihan, Bennett, Palmer (Brereton, 69). Subs not used: Leutwiler, Rodwell, Bell, Conway.
Attendance: 19,992 (Blackburn Rovers fans 5,614)
Referee: Mr A Madley
There is no better feeling then stuffing your nearest and dearest in a local derby and the only real disappointment is that Barker was denied at the end when it could have been five, those in the away end wouldn't have seen as the vast majority had left to go on the massive seven mile journey back to the 9th century
We started well two up in 10 minutes, Browne doing superbly for the first getting in down the left hand side pulling the ball back to Barkhuizen 1 up. The second came down the other side with Robinson eventually receiving the ball in space on the left side of the area, left footed past Raya 2 up and every credit to Robbo for going to celebrate with the Rovers fans.
Dack nearly pulled one back moments later denied by Rudd who had an excellent first half because to be fair to tem they were the better side for the rest of the half should probably have scored missed two easish headers and Rudd pulled of one good save from Dack and a worldie from a Mulgrew free kick.
Substitution worked well for Rovers from a dodgy free kick decisionGraham headed them back into the game, we had to weather the storm and started to impose ourselves on the game and our substitute lso made an immediate impact, Moult on for Nmecha who did not have the best of games. Barkhuizen got in down the right, ball into the mix never really cleared and Moult lurking at the back post nudged it home, breathing space, Rovers had a goal disallowed according to Mowbrey wrong decision, tough luck then, but soon after they were put out of their misery, Brown and Moult exchanged passes before Moult's chip to the far post where Browne left footed the ball past Raya. Job done.
Only negative Robinson hamstring injury but a positive from the lub Johnson injury not as bad as feared only out for 4 to 6 weeks, right off to run naked round the village in celebration.
Preston manager Alex Neil:
"I thought it was a good performance today. We started great, got a 2-0 lead, created some great chances and finished our chances really well.
"We were aggressive, we wanted to win, and I think that we fully deserved it. The reaction to conceding, to come back and finish the game off was probably the most pleasing aspect for me.
"At the end of the day we got the win, against our local rivals, the lads played well, and I am pleased."
Blackburn manager Tony Mowbray:
"Much of our defending was uncharacteristic today. There were also some individual errors and collectively we played too deep and invited trouble.
"Then at 3-1 we have a perfectly good goal ruled out for offside against Bradley Dack, who is clearly onside and that is frustrating.
"But let's not look too deeply at this today, we lost 4-1 to a rival, we know that we have to be better than this in the upcoming games and it is as simple as that."
PNE line-up: Rudd, Clarke ©, Earl, Pearson (Ledson, 83), Huntington, Davies, Barkhuizen, Gallagher, Nmecha (Moult, 60), Browne, Robinson (Barker, 69). Subs not used: Maxwell, Fisher, Hughes, Burke.
Blackburn Rovers line-up: Raya, Nyambe, Williams, Reed, Smallwood (Graham, 46), Armstrong (Rothwell, 65), Mulgrew ©, Dack, Lenihan, Bennett, Palmer (Brereton, 69). Subs not used: Leutwiler, Rodwell, Bell, Conway.
Attendance: 19,992 (Blackburn Rovers fans 5,614)
Referee: Mr A Madley
There is no better feeling then stuffing your nearest and dearest in a local derby and the only real disappointment is that Barker was denied at the end when it could have been five, those in the away end wouldn't have seen as the vast majority had left to go on the massive seven mile journey back to the 9th century
We started well two up in 10 minutes, Browne doing superbly for the first getting in down the left hand side pulling the ball back to Barkhuizen 1 up. The second came down the other side with Robinson eventually receiving the ball in space on the left side of the area, left footed past Raya 2 up and every credit to Robbo for going to celebrate with the Rovers fans.
Dack nearly pulled one back moments later denied by Rudd who had an excellent first half because to be fair to tem they were the better side for the rest of the half should probably have scored missed two easish headers and Rudd pulled of one good save from Dack and a worldie from a Mulgrew free kick.
Substitution worked well for Rovers from a dodgy free kick decisionGraham headed them back into the game, we had to weather the storm and started to impose ourselves on the game and our substitute lso made an immediate impact, Moult on for Nmecha who did not have the best of games. Barkhuizen got in down the right, ball into the mix never really cleared and Moult lurking at the back post nudged it home, breathing space, Rovers had a goal disallowed according to Mowbrey wrong decision, tough luck then, but soon after they were put out of their misery, Brown and Moult exchanged passes before Moult's chip to the far post where Browne left footed the ball past Raya. Job done.
Only negative Robinson hamstring injury but a positive from the lub Johnson injury not as bad as feared only out for 4 to 6 weeks, right off to run naked round the village in celebration.
Preston manager Alex Neil:
"I thought it was a good performance today. We started great, got a 2-0 lead, created some great chances and finished our chances really well.
"We were aggressive, we wanted to win, and I think that we fully deserved it. The reaction to conceding, to come back and finish the game off was probably the most pleasing aspect for me.
"At the end of the day we got the win, against our local rivals, the lads played well, and I am pleased."
Blackburn manager Tony Mowbray:
"Much of our defending was uncharacteristic today. There were also some individual errors and collectively we played too deep and invited trouble.
"Then at 3-1 we have a perfectly good goal ruled out for offside against Bradley Dack, who is clearly onside and that is frustrating.
"But let's not look too deeply at this today, we lost 4-1 to a rival, we know that we have to be better than this in the upcoming games and it is as simple as that."
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