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Brown's ideal tonic
PRESTON warmed up for their carling cup clash against Tottenham on Wednesday with a rousing comeback at Deepdale.
But the home side looked far from potential giant-killers in the first-half after going behind to Sammy Clingan’s 19th-minute strike.
Then Chris Brown volleyed in after 50 minutes and Neil Mellor sidefooted Preston into the lead before Brown, who just last week was on his sickbed with a virus, netted his second on 66 minutes. Clinton Morrison pulled a goal back in injury time.
Preston boss Alan Irvine said: “they showed their character to dig deep and come back from a difficult position.
PRESTON 3
COVENTRY 2