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Preston North End boss Paul Heckingbottom said that his side "were terrific" in their away win at Southampton.

The Lilywhites scored in the first half through Lewis Dobbin and doubled their lead in injury time when Mads Frokjær-Jensen fired the ball into the net.

The win moves Preston up into the play-off positions in sixth place with 22 points after 13 games.

"I think if you could bottle that and take it away with you as an away performance we'd do that," Heckingbottom told BBC Lancashire.

"We can be better with the ball we know that, but we were terrific, we created good chances and we were very, very good without the ball.

"We were particularly good in the second half and thoroughly deserved it, it takes a lot of work and a lot of discipline for the players to execute that and they were fantastic.

"You can't guarantee anything in this league but I think one thing we have been guaranteeing everyone is a level of performance and if we can look after the bar that we set, it means that the opposition has got to...

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