Preston 5-1 Barnsley: North End thump Tykes to go third

Preston vs Barnsley
Sky Bet Chboat
3:00pm Saturday October

Deepdale
(Att: 12431)

As Preston moved up to third in the Championship with a 5-1 thrashing of Barnsley at 23, daniel Johnson made an outstanding performance.
Johnson maintained as a first-half equaliser was shrugged off by the hosts with a screen that had all the hallmarks of a negative bang from Cameron McGeehan 2 assists and scored two.
Ben Pearson, tom Barkhuizen and Josh Harrop were on target for North End.
Preston started the lengthy process of breaking down the stubborn Barnsley defence, with Johnson yanking the strings directly from the off.
After eight minutes, the Jamaican dribbled his way into the penalty area before shooting at Brad Collins that parried to Sean Maguire, who fluffed the rebound.
Ten minutes Maguire wasted an even greater opportunity when he was found by Johnsons low cross in distance 12 metres out, however the shot was saved by Collins along together with his toes.
A Joe Rafferty cross was headed by the coming David Nugent and that there was an inevitability regarding the opener of North End.
Nugents pass detected from Collins with Johnson after up to loop at a header Barkhuizen whose shot had been parried up into the air.
With the visitors defence rocking, it felt for them if Johnsons cross from the left was met and Preston should have doubled their lead.
After a deep corner from the left uncovered Conor Chaplin lurking in the back post with McGeehan profiting from the Portsmouth strikers knock 36, Rather Barnsley moved into the break on level terms.
The goal of mcGeehan was Barnsleys first in the league apart from Oakwell this season and it was having a new found confidence the Tykes approached the next half.
It was Johnsons day, but, and 5 minutes to the half he snuffed out the resurrection before squaring to Barkhuizen who had the freedom of Deepdale as he broke down the left to take a touch and slot .
From then on it had been traffic. With an hour it had been Johnson before the most adorable of endings extended Prestons lead, who raced on a ball over the top from Paul Gallagher.
Using the floodgates truly open and well along three minutes later, his legs stretched the left and then wrapped a pinpoint ball across the region that was met by Pearson at the rear stick.
When Johnsons harrying watched the ball break to replace Harrop who chased it over the line and raised the ball A afternoon for Barnsley was sealed.