19-10-2022, 16:05
Huddersfield Town 0 Preston North End 1 Cunningham
PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey, Cunningham, Hughes; Potts, Whiteman, Ledson, Fernández (Maguire, 90+1); McCann, Woodburn (Brady, 66), Riis. Subs not used: Cornell, Browne, Evans, Diaby, Cross-Adair.
Huddersfield Town line-up: Nicholls; Leeds, Helik, Turton; Thomas, Camara, Kasumu (Rudoni, 71), Holmes, Jackson; Ward, Rhodes. Subs not used: Bilokapic, Mahoney, Ruffels, Nakayama, Diarra, Ondo.
Attendance: 18,357 (1,572 PNE fans).
Referee: Mr A Woolmer.
A wins a win after all but at the moment watching us play is about as entertaining as having root cana surgery, think we deserved the win last night after all Town didn't have a shot on target all night and looked a decidedly average although we were hardly Brazil 1970.
Unlike the roasting hot night for the league cup tie it was distinctly Autuminal and the coach had the usual difficulties getting down Gasworks Strasse.
A few changes to keep the team fresh and it was off we go, Ward headed an early chance over the bar for the home side should have buried it but apart from a great block by Storey on I think Ward the home side offered little of any danger.
We dominated possession in the first period with a period of about two minutes were Town didn't get the ball, however we did absolutely zilch with it, backwards, sidewards rinse and repeat.
Tedious it certainly was and all Twn had to do was wait for us to cock up and then break with pace down to the other end where they did absolutely nothing either. However about five minutes before the break we got a free kick just outside the box, thing was the passage of play just before the foul we were quick and insisive with the ball.
Fernandez wasn't far away from scoring and until the break we actually started to look better.
Loved the half time entertainment obviously organised by a sadist not one for people with balance issues.
Second half started better and scored within five minutes even got it on camera, corner swung in by Whiteman, Cunningham freedom of West Yorkshire heads home.
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From then on in wasn't really in doubt, they offered little apart from an aeriel assault in the last ten minutes which in the main we coped with, should have made two when Fernandez should have done better from close in.
Happy with the points but we are boring at the moment to watch.
Huddersfield head coach Mark Fotheringham told BBC Radio Leeds:
"We have to do better. It was a disappointing evening and a disappointing goal to concede.
"The fans have been brilliant since I've come in and I understand how they feel, but we have to push together as a group.
"There was a lot of naivety in certain situations but we are working hard to try and get better."
Preston boss Ryan Lowe:
"I thought the football we played first half and then second half to get the goal was fantastic.
"The defenders have been brilliant but it starts from the front, we defend as a team. I thought Emil Riis was fantastic, but people won't look at his work rate or what he's done because he didn't score.
"Those performances are for those who travel all the way, whether it be Norwich or Huddersfield, they earn their hard-earned money to watch us and I love it when we put performances on like that.
"I believe in this group, like I believed when people said we weren't scoring. People will probably start calling us boring and 'Preston only win 1-0' but it does not matter."
PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey, Cunningham, Hughes; Potts, Whiteman, Ledson, Fernández (Maguire, 90+1); McCann, Woodburn (Brady, 66), Riis. Subs not used: Cornell, Browne, Evans, Diaby, Cross-Adair.
Huddersfield Town line-up: Nicholls; Leeds, Helik, Turton; Thomas, Camara, Kasumu (Rudoni, 71), Holmes, Jackson; Ward, Rhodes. Subs not used: Bilokapic, Mahoney, Ruffels, Nakayama, Diarra, Ondo.
Attendance: 18,357 (1,572 PNE fans).
Referee: Mr A Woolmer.
A wins a win after all but at the moment watching us play is about as entertaining as having root cana surgery, think we deserved the win last night after all Town didn't have a shot on target all night and looked a decidedly average although we were hardly Brazil 1970.
Unlike the roasting hot night for the league cup tie it was distinctly Autuminal and the coach had the usual difficulties getting down Gasworks Strasse.
A few changes to keep the team fresh and it was off we go, Ward headed an early chance over the bar for the home side should have buried it but apart from a great block by Storey on I think Ward the home side offered little of any danger.
We dominated possession in the first period with a period of about two minutes were Town didn't get the ball, however we did absolutely zilch with it, backwards, sidewards rinse and repeat.
Tedious it certainly was and all Twn had to do was wait for us to cock up and then break with pace down to the other end where they did absolutely nothing either. However about five minutes before the break we got a free kick just outside the box, thing was the passage of play just before the foul we were quick and insisive with the ball.
Fernandez wasn't far away from scoring and until the break we actually started to look better.
Loved the half time entertainment obviously organised by a sadist not one for people with balance issues.
Second half started better and scored within five minutes even got it on camera, corner swung in by Whiteman, Cunningham freedom of West Yorkshire heads home.
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From then on in wasn't really in doubt, they offered little apart from an aeriel assault in the last ten minutes which in the main we coped with, should have made two when Fernandez should have done better from close in.
Happy with the points but we are boring at the moment to watch.
Huddersfield head coach Mark Fotheringham told BBC Radio Leeds:
"We have to do better. It was a disappointing evening and a disappointing goal to concede.
"The fans have been brilliant since I've come in and I understand how they feel, but we have to push together as a group.
"There was a lot of naivety in certain situations but we are working hard to try and get better."
Preston boss Ryan Lowe:
"I thought the football we played first half and then second half to get the goal was fantastic.
"The defenders have been brilliant but it starts from the front, we defend as a team. I thought Emil Riis was fantastic, but people won't look at his work rate or what he's done because he didn't score.
"Those performances are for those who travel all the way, whether it be Norwich or Huddersfield, they earn their hard-earned money to watch us and I love it when we put performances on like that.
"I believe in this group, like I believed when people said we weren't scoring. People will probably start calling us boring and 'Preston only win 1-0' but it does not matter."
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