10-03-2024, 10:15
Preston manager Ryan Lowe told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"It was flat. We weren't at the races, nowhere near the levels we've been at. The attitude and commitment were there, we just lacked in certain areas, with the ball and without it we weren't as good as we've been.
"We find a way back in with a great cross from Liam Millar and great header from Milly and you think 'go on then', because we would have had the freshness with them playing Tuesday night, but we got done by a free-kick that wasn't a free-kick.
"I'm not going to mope about that but we have to do better from the cross - we get done at the back stick and Ali (McCann) is in a position to kick it, and kicks it straight at their player and it goes in.
"The two goals were Sunday league but credit to Stoke."
Stoke manager Steven Schumacher told BBC Radio Stoke:
"All wins are satisfying, but those three points in particular because it was the type of game that I'm not used to playing in terms of style.
"I thought it was necessary today to match Preston up because physically they are so strong and the pitch here is really difficult to play football on, so it had to be a battle.
"It wasn't pretty on the eye but it got us three points that we needed. Lynden Gooch defended really well and then in the second half gave us a real creative spark and put a brilliant ball in for the first goal.
"To take six points in a week, when we could maybe have taken seven as well, is a good response."
"It was flat. We weren't at the races, nowhere near the levels we've been at. The attitude and commitment were there, we just lacked in certain areas, with the ball and without it we weren't as good as we've been.
"We find a way back in with a great cross from Liam Millar and great header from Milly and you think 'go on then', because we would have had the freshness with them playing Tuesday night, but we got done by a free-kick that wasn't a free-kick.
"I'm not going to mope about that but we have to do better from the cross - we get done at the back stick and Ali (McCann) is in a position to kick it, and kicks it straight at their player and it goes in.
"The two goals were Sunday league but credit to Stoke."
Stoke manager Steven Schumacher told BBC Radio Stoke:
"All wins are satisfying, but those three points in particular because it was the type of game that I'm not used to playing in terms of style.
"I thought it was necessary today to match Preston up because physically they are so strong and the pitch here is really difficult to play football on, so it had to be a battle.
"It wasn't pretty on the eye but it got us three points that we needed. Lynden Gooch defended really well and then in the second half gave us a real creative spark and put a brilliant ball in for the first goal.
"To take six points in a week, when we could maybe have taken seven as well, is a good response."
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