WE LOST CONTROL
CORBERAN RUES MISSED CHANCES AS TOWN SLIP TO ANOTHER DEFEAT ON ROAD
CARLOS CORBERAN was left ruing a lack of clinical edge as stuttering Town slipped further into relegation danger with a 3-0 defeat at Preston.
Brad Potts edged the hosts ahead midway through the first half before
Ched Evans put them in the driving seat after 67 minutes, despite being second best to Town.
Scott Sinclair made the points safe with 10 minutes to go with an emphatic first-time finish, with the Terriers now losing four of their last five.
“We did not get the result in the moment when we were controlling the game,” said head coach Corberan. “We created chances in the first 20 minutes and did not take them. After that we continued in the same way but we let them score.
“We played better in the first half. We changed things in the second half and it did not help the team.
“We wanted to give more balance to the team. We had a lot of battles in the pitch and situations that you need to win in the middle of the park.
“Preston started to do that in the second half and stopped our attacks. We made another mistake and conceded a second goal and that was the game for them.
“We suffered on the counterattack and conceded a third goal.
“Football is not about how many chances you create, it is about how many chances you take. We did not make the most of those chances.
“Preston used their opportunities well and they were much better than us in that area.”
“It took us time to get into the game,” said Preston manager Alex Neil. “We didn’t start the game well and gave them too much time on the ball.
“We got ourselves ahead which we don’t normally do. That is something we have spoken about.
“The lads were very strong in the second half. It is a case of taking your chances, we did that and it made the difference. The biggest difference was we were clinical.
“You’ve got to be clinical when you are trying to be naturally defensively solid and not throw caution to the wind.”