A kind assessment might describe this as a 'missed opportunity' for Norwich City.
A more robust evaluation might say they 'bottled it' as Dean Smith's side failed to move top of the Championship table after losing to a team that had forgotten how to score.
Preston North End now have seven goals this season, three of those coming here at Carrow Road.
Emil Riis Jakobsen's double and a winner by Tottenham Hotspur loanee Troy Parrott was enough to frustrate the team pushing for an automatic return to the Premier League.