Rosenior’s toothless Tigers made a meal of it says boss
HULL boss Liam Rosenior admitted he let Preston off the hook in a goalless draw at the MKM Stadium.
The home side wasted a string of first-half chances to put themselves out of sight against the struggling Lilywhites.
“We should have been three-nil up at half-time,” he said.
“I asked for a reaction after they weren’t at the levels in midweek and I got it. I know it’s frustrating. We want to win games of football but you only win it with a consistent level of football and especially in the first half they couldn’t live with it. Another day, out of sight by half-time.”
Early on Dimitrios Pelkas failed to pick out an unmarked Oscar Estupinan in front of an empty net, then the Colombian had a tame drive turned around the post by Freddie Woodman.
On the stroke of the break, Greg Docherty barged his way into the box only for Woodman to divert his close-range strike over the bar.
Woodman again came to the rescue soon after the restart, blocking an Alfie Jones shot with his feet after Preston failed to clear a Pelkas corner.
Lilywhites were better after the restart. Sub Troy Parrott blasted inches wide then Brad Potts volleying over from six yards.
PNE Boss Ryan Lowe said: “Overall it was a good point – particularly on the road but that first half wasn’t us.”
HULL: Ingram 6; Greaves 7, McLoughlin 6, A Jones 6, Christie 7; Docherty 7, Simons 6, Longman 7 (Ebiowei (65)
6), Tufan 7; Pelkas 6 (Slater (65) 6), Estupinan 6 (Tetteh (76) 5)
PRESTON: Woodman 8; Potts 6, Storey 5 (Diaby (45) 6), Cunningham 6, Hughes 5 (Lindsay (36) 5), Fernandez 6; Browne 6, Ledson 5, Woodburn 5 (Johnson (74) 5), Fernandez 6; Delap 5 (Parrott (45)
6), Cannon 5
STAR MAN: Freddie Woodman – It seemed at times in the first-half he was single-handedly keeping Hull at bay. REF: Sam Allison 7