'We could have easily nicked that'

Preston North End boss Paul Heckingbottom has critiqued his side for not scoring more goals prior to Watford's equaliser in their 1-1 draw on Tuesday.

Both sides had an abundance of scoring opportunities throughout the match but only Preston's Daniel Jebbison and Watford's Mamadou Doumbia were able to find the net.

"That was a good away performance. This is a dangerous place to come with the talent they have and they are a lot more dangerous at home than away so we are really pleased with the performance," Heckingbottom told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"In spells we were very good with the ball. But we managed to defend our box well and always managed to carry a threat going the other way.

"We felt we could come and have the ball. They had the best chance on the counter. But then we became more of a threat in hurting them. Probably the disappointing thing was we were only 1-0 up when they got the equaliser.

"We could easily have nicked that. We could have been a couple of goals up when they got that equaliser."