Michael Skubala hails impact of subs in Bristol City win at Preston

Manager Michael Skubala praised the effectiveness of his squad depth after Bristol City beat Preston 3-1 at Deepdale.Scott Twine had tapped City into a fourth-minute lead but Caleb Wiley slammed the home side level with a 51st-minute equaliser.Lisav Eissat’s looping 79th-minute header crushed North End hearts before substitute Dom Ballard coolly secured victory seven minutes later.Skubala said: “Away games in the Championship are always tough. [Those games] can be on a knife edge. They probably had the better first half. We scored a good breakaway goal in transition; we look threatening in transition at the moment.”Skubala brought on Cameron Pring, Gibson Yah and Jed Wallace all in the 59th minute and the treble change seemed to energise the Robins before Ballard came off the bench to scor