16-02-2023, 16:59
Preston North End 1 Parrott pen Luton Town 1 Morris
PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey, Cunningham, Hughes; Potts (Woodburn, 72), Whiteman, Browne, McCann, Fernández; Parrott, Cannon (Delap, 89). Subs not used: Cornell, Lindsay, Johnson, Brady, Ledson.
Luton Town line-up: Horvath; Burke, Lockyer, Osho; Onyedinma, Nakamba (Berry, 85), Clark, Ruddock-Mpanzu (Lansbury, 71), Bell; Morris, Adebayo (Woodrow, 71). Subs not used: Shea, Potts, Campbell, Taylor.
Attendance: 13,903 (498 Luton Town fans).
Referee: Mr J Smith.
Another less than impressive home performance although insaying that they worked their socks off after Whiteman's meeting with the card of red.
Mr Fantastic made five changes from Saturday's training exercise defeat at Burnley, started well until reality kicked in after about 15 minutes when the mostly impressive Luton outfit took control of the game, their inability to put the ball in the net was to be their achilles heel.
The Hatters passed and moved the ball about and generally made us run around chasing the ball. Had two quickfire chnaces both saved by Woodman who had a decent game apart fromhis kicking ability which was wayward. The second save was exceptional.
Adebayo then easily brushed aside Hughes before firinghorribly wide but that miss was topped by Onyedinma who couldn't hit teh target from 12 yards.
Rare forays into the opposition withFernandez supplying most of the ammunition although in truth Horvath didn't have a great deal to do, managed to be level at half time however things were just about to get more difficult for the home side.
End to end stuff at the start of the second period then Whiteman's lunge with two feet at Mpanzu made te red card inevitable.
Backs against the wall but again helped by Adebayo's inability to hit a cow's arse with a banjo missed another sitter. The sending off seemed to disrupt Luton for a time but 17 minutes Morris just about headed home at the back stick.
Six home defeats on the trot loomed Town hit the bar that would have ended the contest, but we got an equaliser when the inconsistent Mr Smith spotted a hand ball in the area, Parrott duly blasted home the kick, could have won it after McCann's tackle sent Cannon onto narrowly put the ball wide of te far post so a point and credit to them for not giving up when the odds were against them.
Preston boss Ryan Lowe said:
"I thought the fight, the spirit, the togetherness, was first class, I've got ultimate faith in the group that we can turn defeats into draws and draws into wins. It feels a bit more like it, it's not the three points but it's one.
"I said to the boys at half-time that we had to get after them and then unfortunately Ben got the red card but I'm not going to stop Ben tackling, it is what it is.
"The lads rallied around after the red card and we could have won it, but they could have won it as well. You've just got to pull together when things like that happen and that's what they did.
"I thought Troy was fantastic, he's rifled it down the middle and I am really pleased for him and hopefully he can kick on now."
Luton boss Rob Edwards said:
"I'm really pleased with big parts of the performance and we've got to look at performances, but ultimately we want results. We want points on the board and I do feel like it was two points dropped tonight.
"I thought we got that goal, they had that man sent off, and we were looking completely dominant, as I really felt we were with 11 men as well.
"We kept pushing, we kept trying, but we weren't able to find that second goal, which I know I've said a couple of times lately.
"You can't do that much more then create the chances we created, and then it's down to the boys to either hit the target or be ruthless.
"That's something we're going to try and keep focusing on and keep hitting home, but what I'm really pleased with is the performance and how we did create the chances."
PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey, Cunningham, Hughes; Potts (Woodburn, 72), Whiteman, Browne, McCann, Fernández; Parrott, Cannon (Delap, 89). Subs not used: Cornell, Lindsay, Johnson, Brady, Ledson.
Luton Town line-up: Horvath; Burke, Lockyer, Osho; Onyedinma, Nakamba (Berry, 85), Clark, Ruddock-Mpanzu (Lansbury, 71), Bell; Morris, Adebayo (Woodrow, 71). Subs not used: Shea, Potts, Campbell, Taylor.
Attendance: 13,903 (498 Luton Town fans).
Referee: Mr J Smith.
Another less than impressive home performance although insaying that they worked their socks off after Whiteman's meeting with the card of red.
Mr Fantastic made five changes from Saturday's training exercise defeat at Burnley, started well until reality kicked in after about 15 minutes when the mostly impressive Luton outfit took control of the game, their inability to put the ball in the net was to be their achilles heel.
The Hatters passed and moved the ball about and generally made us run around chasing the ball. Had two quickfire chnaces both saved by Woodman who had a decent game apart fromhis kicking ability which was wayward. The second save was exceptional.
Adebayo then easily brushed aside Hughes before firinghorribly wide but that miss was topped by Onyedinma who couldn't hit teh target from 12 yards.
Rare forays into the opposition withFernandez supplying most of the ammunition although in truth Horvath didn't have a great deal to do, managed to be level at half time however things were just about to get more difficult for the home side.
End to end stuff at the start of the second period then Whiteman's lunge with two feet at Mpanzu made te red card inevitable.
Backs against the wall but again helped by Adebayo's inability to hit a cow's arse with a banjo missed another sitter. The sending off seemed to disrupt Luton for a time but 17 minutes Morris just about headed home at the back stick.
Six home defeats on the trot loomed Town hit the bar that would have ended the contest, but we got an equaliser when the inconsistent Mr Smith spotted a hand ball in the area, Parrott duly blasted home the kick, could have won it after McCann's tackle sent Cannon onto narrowly put the ball wide of te far post so a point and credit to them for not giving up when the odds were against them.
Preston boss Ryan Lowe said:
"I thought the fight, the spirit, the togetherness, was first class, I've got ultimate faith in the group that we can turn defeats into draws and draws into wins. It feels a bit more like it, it's not the three points but it's one.
"I said to the boys at half-time that we had to get after them and then unfortunately Ben got the red card but I'm not going to stop Ben tackling, it is what it is.
"The lads rallied around after the red card and we could have won it, but they could have won it as well. You've just got to pull together when things like that happen and that's what they did.
"I thought Troy was fantastic, he's rifled it down the middle and I am really pleased for him and hopefully he can kick on now."
Luton boss Rob Edwards said:
"I'm really pleased with big parts of the performance and we've got to look at performances, but ultimately we want results. We want points on the board and I do feel like it was two points dropped tonight.
"I thought we got that goal, they had that man sent off, and we were looking completely dominant, as I really felt we were with 11 men as well.
"We kept pushing, we kept trying, but we weren't able to find that second goal, which I know I've said a couple of times lately.
"You can't do that much more then create the chances we created, and then it's down to the boys to either hit the target or be ruthless.
"That's something we're going to try and keep focusing on and keep hitting home, but what I'm really pleased with is the performance and how we did create the chances."
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