Preston North End 0-2 Sheffield United: Blades made winning return to Championship

Preston manager Ryan Lowe:

“(The mistake) sucks the life out of you, the players, the staff. But there’s no blame culture on Freddie. He’s been fantastic for us.

“He’s pushed himself to get back for this game after a slight niggle. When keepers make mistakes you get punished like that.

“We’ve lost to an ex-Premier League team that’s come down. Did we give them a run for their money? Yes we did.

“Was it good enough at the top end to potentially get more chances? No, but we know that and we need to be better at the other end with our decision making, but it’s constructive criticism.”

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder:

“We showed we can play a different way. We controlled the tempo and pace of the game. I thought the two in midfield were incredible and dominated that area of the pitch.

“I keep saying it’s a fresh beginning. Not being disrespectful, that includes my period (last season) as well. This is a new team with the biggest amount of changes of any club in the Championship this season.

“We still have work to do and there is a hell of a long way to go and a hell of a lot of work to do.

“We will have difficult days but we have to enjoy days like this as well because of the incredible nature of the Premier League and what that was all about last year.”