Preston North End boss Ryan Lowe ponders play-off challenge after brushing aside Cardiff
- Planet Sport writer
- 11 March 2023
Ryan Lowe says Preston will consider their play-off chances during the international break after his side ran out 2-0 winners over struggling Cardiff at Deepdale.
Tom Cannon and Ched Evans scored in the second half of a tight game in which Cardiff goalkeeper Jak Alnwick was sent off, just a week after first-choice custodian Ryan Allsop was dismissed against Bristol City.
The victory leaves the Lilywhites seven points off the play-offs and unbeaten in six games, with Freddie Woodman picking up his 16th clean sheet, while Cardiff remain six points above the bottom three.
Lowe said: "I just want to win as many games as we possibly can and see where it takes us. We've got a small target of points that we'd like to get to before the international break.
"If we feel there's a right challenge we can go and do, then we'll sit down and we'll all agree on something that we might be able to do. But I'm not getting carried away with it.
"What's most pleasing for me is to win two back-to-back home games at Deepdale, which we haven't done for a while.
"The attitude and the application in training the lads give us on a daily basis is fantastic.
"In the defensive unit, there's a couple in there who were written off at Preston North End before we came, and it just shows the belief that you have in the players. A top goalkeeper helps as well. The defensive unit has been different class."
