Grateful Neil lauds his players

By Susan Curran

HAIL THE HERO: Tom Barkhuizen celebrates his winner for Preston
PICTURE: WhiteRosePhotos

PRESTON boss Alex Neil praised his players’ fighting spirit as they came from two behind to beat Lancashire rivals Blackburn at Deepdale.
The defeat increases Rovers’ winless run to five games in all competitions, but a fantastic second-half comeback from Preston maintains their unbeaten home record in the Championship.
Neil admitted he got his tactics wrong in the first half, saying: “We have shown real fight today, in what was always going ...

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