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Preston manager Paul Heckingbottom praised his team for scrapping their way to three points on a poor Deepdale surface against Portsmouth.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "It was hard-fought, a very good three points in the end.
"I don't think we'll get many pretty games on that pitch but we might get good and exciting ones for different reasons and that one got tense.
"We never really opened them up to get that second goal which would have been nice so we had to defend our box well which we did, so I was pleased we could get the three points in the end."
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