Alex Neil did not hold back from criticising his players as Preston lost ground on the Sky Bet Championship play-off places following a 1-1 draw with struggling Birmingham. Preston are now four points adrift of the top six and Neil bemoaned the worst performance he had seen in his time at the club. "I thought we were flowery and soft, they did the fundamentals very well but we were lacking that today. Gallagher’s delivery from a free-kick was only headed across his own goal by Marc Roberts, where Davies was on hand to tap in his first Preston goal at the far post. Birmingham manager Steve Cotterill said: "We are going home disappointed because we felt that our performance merited the win.

Source: Irish Examiner January 20, 2018 18:22 UTC