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PEARSON’S KO COST US THE POINTS – NEIL

By Pete Loosley

ALEX Neil blamed an injury to the influential Ben Pearson for their failure to bag the spoils against Wycombe.

Preston started the season with five successive defeats at Deepdale and their desperate home form looked set to continue when Garath McCleary and Scott Kashket struck.
But Jason McCarthy’s freak own goal after 87 minutes denied the visitors a first win in six and saw the Lilywhites collect a fourth home point of the season from a possible 24.
“I thought we were good and looked dangerous, but when Ben (Pearson) went off (with injury) it affect...

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