Milutin Osmajic taunted Burnley followers after his purpose helped Preston into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the primary time since 1966 with a 3-0 win at Deepdale.
The house aspect took management of the tie within the first half because of objectives from Robbie Brady – a elegant long-range free-kick as Burnley conceded for the primary time since their 3-1 FA Cup third-round win at Studying, a run of 12 straight clear sheets comprising 850 minutes – earlier than Osmajic’s neat end doubled their lead simply earlier than half-time.
Osmajic celebrates after doubling Preston’s lead
When these two sides met at Deepdale within the Championship two weeks in the past, the match ended with Burnley midfielder Hannibal Mejbri accusing Osmajic of racially abusing him, allegations which Osmajic denies and stay the topic of an FA investigation.
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Burnley boss Scott Parker left Hannibal out of his matchday squad so as to shield the 22-year-old, one among 9 adjustments to the aspect that thrashed Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 final week, however his reverse quantity, Paul Heckingbottom, saved Osmajic in.
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The difficulty dominated the build-up to this sport, setting the tone for a tetchy encounter as Burnley’s gamers refused to shake the Montenegrin’s hand earlier than kick-off.
And 17 minutes from time, Will Keane sealed the sport with a close-range end after a beautiful passing transfer as Preston received the higher of Burnley for the primary time in 16 years to take their place within the hat for Sunday’s last-eight draw, whereas Parker’s aspect, who got here into the match on the again of a 23-game unbeaten run, can now consider their makes an attempt to earn promotion again to the Premier League.
Brady rolls again years as ‘Nice Wall of Burnley’ is lastly breached
Evaluation by Sky Sports activities’ Richard Morgan:
Robbie Brady (centre) is congratulated by his Preston team-mates after opening the scoring in opposition to Burnley
“Burnley arrived at Deepdale on an unbelievable run of 12 straight Championship clear sheets, having not conceded since their 3-1 FA Cup third-round win at Studying – so it was at all times going to take one thing particular to breach their defence and that’s precisely what Brady did simply previous the half-hour mark together with his first membership purpose in additional than a 12 months.
“The hosts have been awarded a free-kick some 25 yards out and up stepped the Republic of Eire worldwide to twist a pleasant effort over the wall and into the highest nook in opposition to his former workforce because the guests conceded for the primary time in 854 minutes.
“And this after each league conferences this season had led to goalless attracts, however that breakthrough gave Heckingbottom’s males the arrogance to attain twice extra to place an emphatic finish to Burnley’s 23-game unbeaten run and earn the hosts a spot within the final eight for the primary time since 1966, the place they’re more likely to be the one non-Premier League workforce.”
What the managers mentioned…
Preston boss Paul Heckingbottom:
“If he [Osmajic] would not have been up for it, yeah. However he was nice, he wished to be concerned. We mentioned potential issues that have been going to be mentioned, however he wished to play.
“It was, may he be skilled sufficient to present us a efficiency? That was it, that is what the dialog was about.
“That problem is getting handled however what I can not do is let that affect the remainder of the gamers and their possibilities of progressing within the FA Cup. If I felt or he felt he could not be skilled sufficient, he would not have been concerned.
“I did not realise that file till this week [first cup quarter-final since 1966] and it’s a massive deal for the membership. I discovered it exhausting to consider for a membership with this historical past and the groups Preston have had through the years.”
Burnley boss Scott Parker:
“I assumed we fell quick within the fundamentals and the muse of the sport. We have been second finest to quite a lot of issues actually. I assumed earlier than their purpose it was nip and tuck.
“The purpose comes from nowhere, an awesome strike, and after that we simply did not get going and we could not construct any form of momentum.
“Undoubtedly it appears like a missed alternative as a result of we got here into the tie desirous to win the sport and undergo, however we did not need to get something.
“We’ve one focus now. We’re not in any of those competitions anymore. There’s one focus, 12 video games left. Let’s go and put our foot straight all the way down to the ground, try to grind out as many factors as we will to get us over the road.”
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