Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws was in a state of disbelief after his side crashed to a second home league defeat of the season as Preston snatched all three points with a 2-1 win at Hillsborough.

Laws was left to curse his luck after Wednesday created a hatful of first-half chances and hit the woodwork on three occasions in the process, while it was North End who eventually left South Yorkshire with all three points.

"Preston certainly lived a charmed life in the first half and I am sure anybody who saw the game would not deny that," said the Owls boss. "We were totally dominant and could have been three or four goals up at half-time. That's no exaggeration, we had 13 shots, eight of them on target and we hit the post three times - all before half-time.

"We should have been out of sight and I'm sure Preston have not been dominated like that all season, but unfortunately our fans will go away having seen a great performance but knowing that ultimately we lost when we should have won.

"I thought Luke Varney and Leon Clarke linked up well again, but you have to put your chances away and we didn't put our chances away.

"The players are disappointed because we deserved more from the performance. It was the best we have played for some time and if we can continue in that way then it bodes well for the rest of the season."