18-09-2024, 14:51
Preston North End 1 Ledson Fulham 1 Nelson
PNE win 16-15 in penalty shoot out
PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey, Bauer (Hughes, 62), Lindsay, Kesler-Hayden; Bowler (Okkels, 83), Thórdarson (McCann, 68), Ledson, Holmes (Whiteman, 82); Frøkjær (Greenwood, 68), Osmajić. Subs not used: Cornell, Whatmough, Riis, Stewart.
Fulham line-up: Benda; Castagne, Diop, Cuenca, Sessegnon; Reed (Smith Rowe, 77), Berge, Cairney (Godo, 85); Wilson (Iwobi, 77), Muniz (Lukić, 90+5), Nelson (Jiménez, 86). Subs not used: Leno, Tete, Bassey, King.
Attendance: 5,530 (452 Fulham fans).
Referee: Mr B Madley.
On rare occasions you can say you won a 33 goal thriller, this was one of those occasions. Of the 34 penalties taken two were saved, one was skied over the bar of the other 31 only one was close to being saved, the standard was off the scale, probably the best one was taken by the giant Diop, short run up absolutely thundered past Woodman. A recoed penalty shoot out for the fizzy drink cup and a rare trip to the 4th round for the whites.
As for tyhe 90 minutes Fulham probably should have won but great keeping and defending denied them, bodies were thrown at the ball to block anything remotely goal bound.
Fulham with Berge bossing the game were always the more dominant, we had a shot from Thordarson which went narrowly over the top but it was mainly all one way.
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Just before half time we lead, Bowler cross never really cleared fell to Ledson, good first time volley ball found the corner of the net, bonus one up at half time.
Could have had a second great pass by Bowler found Holmes ball into the box, everybody ended up in the net except the ball, felt that was a pivotal moment as the Londoners started to dominate. They hit the bar from a free kick, Reed unlucky however in the aftermath Bauer was injured and this caused us to re organise at the back didn't work, they were level within a minute of the German going off, Cairney down the left, Nelson fired home from close range.
We held on just and the rest is history, Castagne ino the seats, Ledson into the night. Unreal night.
Following a crazy end to North End’s Carabao Cup tie with Fulham which saw 34 penalties taken in the shootout, Paul Heckingbottom was just relieved to see his side progress to the next round.
The Lilywhites opened the scoring through Ryan Ledson in the first half before Reiss Nelson’s leveller sent the third round tie to penalties.
No one could have predicted what was about to happen, though, as both sides took 17 penalties in the longest shootout in the history of the competition.
On the remarkable shootout, Hecky said: “The standard of penalties was really good. When you get that deep in and the commitment you’ve shown during the game to get to penalties, then when the penalties are racking up, the longer it went on, the more I wanted to win the game.
“When you’ve put so much into it and when you’ve come out on the positive end of that, it’s really good.”
The match will live long in the memory for its incredible ending, but the 90 minutes which came before shouldn’t be forgotten.
North End went toe-to-toe with their top-flight opponents, holding firm in defence and causing them problems at the top end of the pitch.
Fulham were dangerous themselves, though, which in the main PNE stood up to, but they were left disappointed with the goal conceded, which happened just after Patrick Bauer – playing for the first time in almost a year – went off with an injury.
On the Cottagers, Hecky said: “They stretched us and tested us. There were a couple of really good blocks in the first half when they got in behind us, so some really good defending.
“We had our moments as well and it was a really good, competitive game. We had to make a change when Pat (Patrick Bauer) went off and we made the change and we just didn’t set up the same way to go and press. It left Tom Cairney free and he went through and he ended up scoring off that.
“We stuck at it again. Fulham had a lot of the ball and a lot of territory towards the end of the game but again we defended our box really well and had our moments on the break and forced some corners, some opportunities from corners and set pieces.
“I think in the end we were pleased to get it to penalties. We had one or two come off with cramp and then Hughesy (Andrew Hughes) was carrying an injury towards the end when we were making a sub so we were pleased to get it to the 90 minutes.”
North End’s goal on the night was a thing of beauty as Ryan Ledson, once again, scored in the Carabao Cup.
The captain on the night hit a brilliant strike sweetly into the bottom corner and having then scored two penalties in the shootout, there was a surprise waiting for him in the changing room.
Hecky said: “It’s actually a decent attack and Josh [Bowler] had got on the outside a couple of times. People want to show him on his right foot because of his left and he looks to naturally jink in on his left, but he’s very comfortable going down the right.
“He’d already stood a couple of balls up so Ledo was supporting the attack rather than being involved in it. We had bodies in the box to get on the end of the cross, they made the header but Ledo’s in a really good position at the end.
“I’ve just given Ledo the match ball there. It’s a strange hat-trick, but I think I’m allowing him to claim it.”
PNE win 16-15 in penalty shoot out
PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey, Bauer (Hughes, 62), Lindsay, Kesler-Hayden; Bowler (Okkels, 83), Thórdarson (McCann, 68), Ledson, Holmes (Whiteman, 82); Frøkjær (Greenwood, 68), Osmajić. Subs not used: Cornell, Whatmough, Riis, Stewart.
Fulham line-up: Benda; Castagne, Diop, Cuenca, Sessegnon; Reed (Smith Rowe, 77), Berge, Cairney (Godo, 85); Wilson (Iwobi, 77), Muniz (Lukić, 90+5), Nelson (Jiménez, 86). Subs not used: Leno, Tete, Bassey, King.
Attendance: 5,530 (452 Fulham fans).
Referee: Mr B Madley.
On rare occasions you can say you won a 33 goal thriller, this was one of those occasions. Of the 34 penalties taken two were saved, one was skied over the bar of the other 31 only one was close to being saved, the standard was off the scale, probably the best one was taken by the giant Diop, short run up absolutely thundered past Woodman. A recoed penalty shoot out for the fizzy drink cup and a rare trip to the 4th round for the whites.
As for tyhe 90 minutes Fulham probably should have won but great keeping and defending denied them, bodies were thrown at the ball to block anything remotely goal bound.
Fulham with Berge bossing the game were always the more dominant, we had a shot from Thordarson which went narrowly over the top but it was mainly all one way.
Just before half time we lead, Bowler cross never really cleared fell to Ledson, good first time volley ball found the corner of the net, bonus one up at half time.
Could have had a second great pass by Bowler found Holmes ball into the box, everybody ended up in the net except the ball, felt that was a pivotal moment as the Londoners started to dominate. They hit the bar from a free kick, Reed unlucky however in the aftermath Bauer was injured and this caused us to re organise at the back didn't work, they were level within a minute of the German going off, Cairney down the left, Nelson fired home from close range.
We held on just and the rest is history, Castagne ino the seats, Ledson into the night. Unreal night.
Following a crazy end to North End’s Carabao Cup tie with Fulham which saw 34 penalties taken in the shootout, Paul Heckingbottom was just relieved to see his side progress to the next round.
The Lilywhites opened the scoring through Ryan Ledson in the first half before Reiss Nelson’s leveller sent the third round tie to penalties.
No one could have predicted what was about to happen, though, as both sides took 17 penalties in the longest shootout in the history of the competition.
On the remarkable shootout, Hecky said: “The standard of penalties was really good. When you get that deep in and the commitment you’ve shown during the game to get to penalties, then when the penalties are racking up, the longer it went on, the more I wanted to win the game.
“When you’ve put so much into it and when you’ve come out on the positive end of that, it’s really good.”
The match will live long in the memory for its incredible ending, but the 90 minutes which came before shouldn’t be forgotten.
North End went toe-to-toe with their top-flight opponents, holding firm in defence and causing them problems at the top end of the pitch.
Fulham were dangerous themselves, though, which in the main PNE stood up to, but they were left disappointed with the goal conceded, which happened just after Patrick Bauer – playing for the first time in almost a year – went off with an injury.
On the Cottagers, Hecky said: “They stretched us and tested us. There were a couple of really good blocks in the first half when they got in behind us, so some really good defending.
“We had our moments as well and it was a really good, competitive game. We had to make a change when Pat (Patrick Bauer) went off and we made the change and we just didn’t set up the same way to go and press. It left Tom Cairney free and he went through and he ended up scoring off that.
“We stuck at it again. Fulham had a lot of the ball and a lot of territory towards the end of the game but again we defended our box really well and had our moments on the break and forced some corners, some opportunities from corners and set pieces.
“I think in the end we were pleased to get it to penalties. We had one or two come off with cramp and then Hughesy (Andrew Hughes) was carrying an injury towards the end when we were making a sub so we were pleased to get it to the 90 minutes.”
North End’s goal on the night was a thing of beauty as Ryan Ledson, once again, scored in the Carabao Cup.
The captain on the night hit a brilliant strike sweetly into the bottom corner and having then scored two penalties in the shootout, there was a surprise waiting for him in the changing room.
Hecky said: “It’s actually a decent attack and Josh [Bowler] had got on the outside a couple of times. People want to show him on his right foot because of his left and he looks to naturally jink in on his left, but he’s very comfortable going down the right.
“He’d already stood a couple of balls up so Ledo was supporting the attack rather than being involved in it. We had bodies in the box to get on the end of the cross, they made the header but Ledo’s in a really good position at the end.
“I’ve just given Ledo the match ball there. It’s a strange hat-trick, but I think I’m allowing him to claim it.”
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