Preston North End manager Simon Grayson was keen to focus on the positives following Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat against Ipswich Town.
That result ended North End’s unbeaten start to the season, but the Lilywhites outplayed the current Championship leaders for most of the match – a positive sign for the weeks and months ahead.
“We knew before the game that we were coming up against a really strong Ipswich team; top of the division and in the Play-Offs last year,” Grayson told PNE PlayerHD.
“They have got lots of quality about them and we had to make sure that if they were going to get a positive result they had to earn the right to get one – and that has been the case today.
“They will have come off the pitch knowing that they have certainly been in a game, and one bit of quality has won them it in the end.
“After 25 minutes we could have been out of sight in the game and we then got a goal against us totally against the run of play, but that is what the Championship is about.”
You can watch the full interview with Simon Grayson on PNE PlayerHD now by clicking below.
“We knew before the game that we were coming up against a really strong Ipswich team; top of the division and in the Play-Offs last year,” Grayson told PNE PlayerHD.
“They have got lots of quality about them and we had to make sure that if they were going to get a positive result they had to earn the right to get one – and that has been the case today.
“They will have come off the pitch knowing that they have certainly been in a game, and one bit of quality has won them it in the end.
“After 25 minutes we could have been out of sight in the game and we then got a goal against us totally against the run of play, but that is what the Championship is about.”
You can watch the full interview with Simon Grayson on PNE PlayerHD now by clicking below.