Walker-Peters: We're disappointed not to take more

Saints had led 1-0 at half time in the clash at Deepdale, thanks to a Walker-Peters goal, only to concede twice shortly after the break as the hosts turned the game on its head.

After that, it looked for a long spell as though it would not be the team's night, but a Ched Evans own goal deep into added time, which initially looked as though it might have belonged to keeper Gavin Bazunu of all people, salvaged a draw and moved Russell Martin's side to five games unbeaten.

Yet Walker-Peters was not getting carried away with the emotion of the way Saints rescued the game.

"The overall feeling in the dressing room is disappointment," he said. "At half time, the manager spoke to us and said that we lost our identity five minutes before half time by kicking it long, which suits Preston, and I think we've done that in a few games where we've been in the lead and not really taken it to the opposition to try and make it two, three, four-nil, so at the moment the feeling is disappointment, but if we go and win on Saturday then we'll look back at this [positively] because it's a tough place to come, so a point might look good in the long run.

"Right now we're hungry to keep winning and I know it's five unbeaten, but I think it should be five wins."

Walker-Peters, who scored Saints' opening goal with a sumptuous left-footed strike from just inside the area that curled into the far corner, wants the team to show a little more killer instinct in future when they get in front.

"I think that's the next thing in our development," he said. "You saw it against Leeds where we were just rampant and that's something we need to have every game.

"When we go a goal up we need to keep applying pressure on the opposition and not sit back and try to protect the win."

On his goal, Walker-Peters added: "It's something I practise – left foot, right foot finishing. Luckily today it paid off, so I'm delighted."