Phil Neumann’s glancing heading saw Birmingham City steal all three points at Deepdale on Tuesday night, after an intense and controversial evening under the lights.

The frustration that Heckingbottom and his side will be feeling will very much be pointed towards the referee Lewis Smith, who was subject to many complaints from the home side last night.

There will be encouragement from the performance in the second half however, where Preston dominated with nine chances created and an xG of 0.75.

This included Daniel Jebbison’s effort where he took the ball from James Beadle outside his area and shot it straight at the Birmingham defender despite having the whole goal to aim at.

Moving on from Tuesday night, however, a clash under the lights against the Blades awaits as they look to get their season back on track after back-to-back defeats.

The defeat against Chris Davies’ side can only spur on this group of players, as they proved to themselves, they can take the game to anyone with exceptional quality in their side.

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