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Preston boss in 'easy' Derby County claim as he nails 'massive' Rams truth
Paul Heckingbottom admitted Preston North End had not done enough to beat Derby County and admitted Paul Warne's side benefitted from an easy goal.
The Lilywhites had taken a first-half lead when Sam Greenwood flicked a header beyond Jacob Widell-Zetterstrom from Andrew Hughes' cross.
But the Rams were soon back on level terms when Jerry Yates snuck in to guide a header past Freddie Woodman. Both sides struggled for chances in the second half with Marcus Harness coming closest to a winner when he flashed a shot just over the bar late on. And delivering his assessment, Preston boss Heckingbottom said: "We didn’t do enough to win the game.
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“We huffed and puffed. The game did not surprise us. we knew how Derby had been picking up points, really well organised and will do anything to disrupt and stop you playing. They are a massive, massive threat from set-plays and my big disappointment is the fact we got in front - then not long after gave a goal away from a set-play, which is frustrating.
“A massive percentage of their goals have been coming from set-plays, so they must do a lot of work on it, to prepare. From our point of view, it’s a second ball and we leave a runner - it’s an easy goal for them, which made the game more difficult and gave them something to hang on to. Another frustration is we have conceded another goal, when Freddie (Woodman) has not had a save to make. It is becoming a bit of a pattern.
“We need to be a lot stronger and make sure, when we are not playing at our best, just keep a clean sheet and have that as the base. In terms of having the ball (first half was more positive) and we were decent. Emil (Riis) was really isolated though at the top of the pitch. So, while the bodies allowed us to dominate the ball, too many times we got into good areas and couldn’t get Ledo or Ali McCann in the box - and we have to, if we are going to play that way.
“We just felt, with more pace in Milly and Emil, we could try and exploit that space. The problem is, because they were that bit deeper in the second half, we had less space to play in. They didn’t really have any controlled possession in our half, to exploit that space. We didn’t do enough second half and we didn’t create enough big chances. Second half was comfortable, but we just did not look a threat and I have to give them credit for that - how they went man-to-man and stopped us."
