Preston North End 1 Johnson pen Swansea CITY 1 Baker-Richardson
PNE line-up: Rudd, Clarke © (Fisher, 67), Hughes, Pearson, Huntington (Earl, 46), Storey, Potts, Johnson (Maguire, 74), Stockley, Browne, Barkhuizen. Subs not used: Ripley, Gallagher, Ledson, Nmecha.
Swansea City line-up: Mulder, Van Der Hoorn, Fer ©, Celina, Dyer (Montero, 80), Routledge, Grimes, Rodon, Roberts, Naughton (McKay, 89), Baker-Richardson (Bony, 75). Subs not used: Nordfeldt, Carter-Vickers, James, Fulton.
Attendance: 11,604 (570 Swansea City fans)
Referee: Mr K Stroud
Will take a point given we were up against a decent side, ended up with 10 men and a back four consisting of two full backs a midlielder and a 19 year old centre back.
Possibly had a shade of luck with the penalty decision but Earl's sending off for two bookings was harsh to say the least.
Only two of the new signings started Stockley and Potts, with the former showing some nice early touches when we occasionally got the ball, difference in the early stages and in truth throughout the match was ball retention. Treated them withfar too much respect in the early stages and it was only on raqre occasions in the first have where we got stuck in that we caused City problems. Their two vastly experienced wingers Dyer and Routledge were a constant source of daqnger and the intelligent running of Fer could have led to a goal but his cross cumshot found no one when it skimmed past the goal.
Rudd pulled out a great save to deny the Welsh side the lead possibly Celina's shot, all we had were a Clarke header which caused problems and a Potts shot which Mulder saved in unconvincing fashion. Bit tactical was the first half.
The second was more open for a period of time, North End lost Huntington to injuy at the break Earl replaced him, both sides were more attacking which was more of a worry to us because they were inventive around the box and so it proved when they scored, two missed tackles by us a series of lightning fast one twos and Baker-Richardson tapped home from close range, really decent goal.
We were not behind for long a Stockley cross was handled according to the linesman, after what seemed an eternity waiting for Mulder to get between the sticks Johnson rolled home the penalty.
Clarke went off injured and Johnson was switched for Maguire meaning Potts in his preferred position centre midfield found Maguire whose shot was saved by Mulder who also did well to save Barkhuizen's effort following teh save. We seemed to be just about getting on top when Earl got two quick bookings both harsh, this led to Browne playing left back, in truth apart from a Bony effort which he headed wide we were not overly troubled and snaffled a point.
Ace purple away kit from Swansea who played some great football but were also pretty good at taking men out of the game when they didn't have the ball, best of the three relegated Prem sides we have played this season.
Preston manager Alex Neil:
"Overall I think a point was a fair result. It was a bit of a stuffy game.
"I thought the sending-off was extremely harsh. I don't think either were clear bookings, the second one especially so. We didn't even think it was a foul, so we are disappointed with the decision.
"We are still looking for players, we want to try and finish the window with as strong a squad as possible and so never say never."
Swansea manager Graham Potter:
"We scored a really good goal and started the second half really well and had control of the game, but when you concede it changes the game and they had a spell where it became scrappy and then it favoured them.
"You need to survive key moments and be a bit more clinical. We gave the ball away too easily and did not do enough to score more than one.
"We are some way off being a top-six side still and we need to keep improving."
PNE line-up: Rudd, Clarke © (Fisher, 67), Hughes, Pearson, Huntington (Earl, 46), Storey, Potts, Johnson (Maguire, 74), Stockley, Browne, Barkhuizen. Subs not used: Ripley, Gallagher, Ledson, Nmecha.
Swansea City line-up: Mulder, Van Der Hoorn, Fer ©, Celina, Dyer (Montero, 80), Routledge, Grimes, Rodon, Roberts, Naughton (McKay, 89), Baker-Richardson (Bony, 75). Subs not used: Nordfeldt, Carter-Vickers, James, Fulton.
Attendance: 11,604 (570 Swansea City fans)
Referee: Mr K Stroud
Will take a point given we were up against a decent side, ended up with 10 men and a back four consisting of two full backs a midlielder and a 19 year old centre back.
Possibly had a shade of luck with the penalty decision but Earl's sending off for two bookings was harsh to say the least.
Only two of the new signings started Stockley and Potts, with the former showing some nice early touches when we occasionally got the ball, difference in the early stages and in truth throughout the match was ball retention. Treated them withfar too much respect in the early stages and it was only on raqre occasions in the first have where we got stuck in that we caused City problems. Their two vastly experienced wingers Dyer and Routledge were a constant source of daqnger and the intelligent running of Fer could have led to a goal but his cross cumshot found no one when it skimmed past the goal.
Rudd pulled out a great save to deny the Welsh side the lead possibly Celina's shot, all we had were a Clarke header which caused problems and a Potts shot which Mulder saved in unconvincing fashion. Bit tactical was the first half.
The second was more open for a period of time, North End lost Huntington to injuy at the break Earl replaced him, both sides were more attacking which was more of a worry to us because they were inventive around the box and so it proved when they scored, two missed tackles by us a series of lightning fast one twos and Baker-Richardson tapped home from close range, really decent goal.
We were not behind for long a Stockley cross was handled according to the linesman, after what seemed an eternity waiting for Mulder to get between the sticks Johnson rolled home the penalty.
Clarke went off injured and Johnson was switched for Maguire meaning Potts in his preferred position centre midfield found Maguire whose shot was saved by Mulder who also did well to save Barkhuizen's effort following teh save. We seemed to be just about getting on top when Earl got two quick bookings both harsh, this led to Browne playing left back, in truth apart from a Bony effort which he headed wide we were not overly troubled and snaffled a point.
Ace purple away kit from Swansea who played some great football but were also pretty good at taking men out of the game when they didn't have the ball, best of the three relegated Prem sides we have played this season.
Preston manager Alex Neil:
"Overall I think a point was a fair result. It was a bit of a stuffy game.
"I thought the sending-off was extremely harsh. I don't think either were clear bookings, the second one especially so. We didn't even think it was a foul, so we are disappointed with the decision.
"We are still looking for players, we want to try and finish the window with as strong a squad as possible and so never say never."
Swansea manager Graham Potter:
"We scored a really good goal and started the second half really well and had control of the game, but when you concede it changes the game and they had a spell where it became scrappy and then it favoured them.
"You need to survive key moments and be a bit more clinical. We gave the ball away too easily and did not do enough to score more than one.
"We are some way off being a top-six side still and we need to keep improving."
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