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Burnley 0 Preston North End 0

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A point would be considered a good result at the Turf, slightly disappointed we didn't get three, probably our best performance of the season,a sit seems with last week, two Millwall goals were apparantly offside, we had one which today was disallowed supposed to be offside.
Two changes Riis and Potts in for Os and Thor, started brightly quick free kick ball in net from Riis apparently this now constitutes offisde



The home were extremely sloppy passes wayward and some slightly dodgy keeping, we harried them out of their stride allowed them just one chance, think it was Anthony sold Storey a dummy before firing in a shot well saved by Wooman.
Following the scare McCann should have scored hit a shot from 12 yards into the ground and watched it bounce over the bar and on the stroke of half time Mads F cross was met by a KKH voley hit the bar.

The second half didn't flow like the first more home pressure but in saying that Woodman didn't have to make a save, it did get a bit feisty a couple of handbag scenarios plus there was a Burnley shout for a penalty, could quite easily have been given.
Great atmosphere in the away end, teams on the up still a long way to go but take the point move on until next week when it's International break.

Hecky

Paul Heckingbottom felt no one could have begrudged his side if they would have left Turf Moor with all three points.

PNE put in an impressive performance against Lancashire rivals Burnley to return to Preston with a point following a goalless draw.

On another day, they might have gone back to Deepdale with the victory, based on how they played but also given they had a goal wrongfully disallowed for offside.


Hecky said: “The performance was excellent. From start to finish we were really, really good.

“I think if we’d have come away with three points no one could have begrudged us that. That’s how good the performance was against a good side.

“I thought the first half had everything. We were really good without the ball and really good with the ball. We created chances and could have possibly created more as well.

“We were really dominant and then in the second half we were just as good with the ball. Burnley changed a few things and played a bit higher, but we kept them in front of us. They didn’t create anything which is good and we didn’t manage to create the same opportunities.

“We didn’t get behind as often which sometimes you have to take because the opposition change things, which is fine. The final pass, the final detail didn’t allow us to create as many opportunities as you’d like. With the set plays, we didn’t get the first contact or the second. They defended those pretty well.

“They probably thought they played pretty well in the second half and stopped us, and we certainly stopped them so it became a bit of a war of attrition in the second half.”

There were a number of opportunities created by North End in the opening 45, including a couple of chances for Ali McCann inside the 18-yard box and Kaine Kesler-Hayden’s effort which struck the bar.


The biggest, though, fell for Emil Riis just five minutes in as he sent a brilliant finish into the far corner after a clever quick free-kick, but he was flagged for offside, when replays suggested he was a few yards on.

Hecky said: “I haven’t seen it back but everyone I’ve spoken to has said it’s a blatant error and it’s frustrating because if we win that game with that goal, it’s fantastic from the players’ point of view.

“It’s well worked. They’ve recognised the opportunity from the training ground, executed it and scored.

“Like I said, if we had come away with three points, no one could have really begrudged that.”

Burnley were sat second in the Championship at the start of the day and not many teams will head to Turf Moor and take the game to the Clarets like PNE did. That’s something which Hecky said his side will always look to do.

He said: “We could have sat in and denied them space, but you could see in the first and second half, when the opportunity’s there to go and be really aggressive, to win the ball back high, we do it.

“It’s the best place to win the ball back. Likewise, when we have to defend in our own third, we do that really well. They had one shot on target in 90 minutes, so without the ball, one to 11 and the boys who came off the bench were fantastic.”

Parker

Head Coach reflects on goalless clash with North End

Scott Parker admits although there is 'disappointment' following the 0-0 draw with Preston, the Clarets boss says there are positives to take away from the Lancashire derby.

Both sides had chances across the 90 minutes to break the deadlock, but neither team could just quite find the back of the net, as Burnley extended their unbeaten league run to six games and secured a fifth clean sheet of the campaign.

Speaking post-match at Turf Moor, Parker said: "There’s a little bit of disappointment there for sure. We came here with aspirations of trying to win the game and get three points, but in the first-half the game was sticky for us, there’s no denying that. We had some challenges, for sure.

"Preston obviously came here with a plan and caused us some problems, although we also had our moments for sure. In the second-half we knocked on the door really without fully kicking it down, I think that’s fair to say.

“In the end it finishes 0-0. There are positives, it’s another clean sheet for us with a very young backline, but also as I’ve said many a time before there are areas where we can all recognise where we need to be a little bit better as well.”

The Burnley boss added: "It’s obviously been a busy week for us and a lot of effort has gone into the three games, but I decided to keep the same team.

“Look, the game looked a bit lethargic for us for sure, but the players gave absolutely everything. We faced up to the battle which was clearly there in terms of how Preston came and approached the game, and disrupted it in the second-half, which just took the wind out of the game in certain moments.

“Overall I was very pleased with the general attitude, but of course there are elements we need to improve.”


The result saw the Clarets seal another clean sheet and keep the unbeaten home record going and Parker applauded his young defence once again following their impressive display.

“For sure they will learn a lot from this game and it is a young team. Put things into perspective and look deeper than ‘it’s Burnley coming out of the Premier League’.

“That back four must be one of the youngest back fours in the Championship. In terms of experience, I don’t think there’s many games in that back four, but that back four has now kept three straight clean sheets.

“At times they are learning on the job, so I have nothing but admiration for all of them and as a group as well. It is a very young team. It’s a young team in age, it’s a young team in development as well, so I back them all the way.”