FIVE KEY MOMENTS
Carvalhal bashes ‘brainless’ Wednesday
Pocket Rocket Sean Maguire set the tone with a powerful run at the Wednesday defence early on. Daniel Johnson tucks away a penalty – and the winner – for Preston after second-half sub Jordan Hugill was fouled in the box. start by their magnificent travelling fans. It was much the same after the break as the home side chucked everything but the kitchen sink at the Wednesday defence with Robinson coming close on a number of occasions.
Jordan Hugill replaced the impressive Maguire to spice up their attack and Tommy Spurr rattled the crossbar with a tremendous header from a corner by fellow substitute Paul Gallagher.
When the breakthrough came it inevitably involved Hugill, who topped the Preston scoring charts with 13 last season and has been attracting the interest of rival Possession 58% 42% Shots On Target 3 1 Shots Off Target 5 4 Blocked Shots 3 1 Corners 6 3 Fouls Conceded 17 18 Offsides 1 2 Yellow Cards 2 3 Red Cards 0 0 clubs such as Birmingham. He was brought down by Tom Lees, and Johnson swept the ball home to wind up the party atmosphere from the home fans to fever pitch.
And Neil was quick to reassure fans afterwards that Hugill was going nowhere in the next few weeks.
“Birmingham are interested in Jordan,” insisted Neil. “But they lost today and we won.
“Sometimes because someone is interested in a player it does not mean they are going to leave. We have got a lot of positive things happening at this club and I believe we can do really well.
“I am delighted with that win because we were better than Sheffield Wednesday in every aspect of the game.
“We outplayed them and outfought them.
“The result did not surprise me because I have worked with the players for a month now – and I know what they can do.” PRESTON: SHEFF WEDS: REFEREE: