Preston boss Ryan Lowe praised his side for dealing with their injury setbacks in their 1-0 win at his former club Plymouth.
Liam Millar, who came on for the injured Milutin Osmajic after only seven minutes, volleyed home the decisive goal in the 43rd minute, while Layton Stewart, on in place of Brad Potts, went close to a second when he smashed a shot against a post.
Lowe said: “I thought the lads were fantastic from start to finish.
“Losing Emil (Riis Jakobsen) this morning to a sickness bug and then to lose two important players in the first 20 minutes, you are thinking, ‘OK’.
“But I thought the two lads who came on equipped themselves fantastically well and were excellent from back to front. I thought they were brilliant.
“We brought Liam on because we thought he would get in behind them.
“You have to adapt these things and that’s what we did. I am full of faith and belief in the boys that are on the pitch.
“(It’s a) perfect way to go into the international break and a week off.
“Three straight away wins and three clean sheets, that’s not a bad way to go into the international break.
“We want an exciting end to the campaign. I have to keep a level head on it as the manager, but the fans can get excited.
“The fans were brilliant today, excellent, all of them. It doesn’t go unnoticed.
“We should have scored more goals and Layton was so unlucky because he did everything right with his shot that came back off the post.”
“Argyle are fighting for points and I wish them well from now on in because the club has a special place in my heart.
“The fans need to be patient and believe in the process and get behind the coach. Everyone needs to stick together.”
The defeat was Plymouth’s fourth home loss in a row and left them just two points above the bottom three.
Head coach Ian Foster said: “It is disappointing because we desperately want to win games of football and we desperately want to win games here at Home Park.
“I felt we were quite unfortunate to be behind at half-time.
“The players gave everything. We fought until the very end.
“We fancied ourselves in the second period, fine margins, but it’s the way things are going for us.
“It’s a similar situation to last week when we got into good positions and didn’t take our chances. We have got to turn chances into goals.
“It does hurt when we don’t win. We have an appreciation of how important points are at the moment.
“The break now might do us a little bit of good, with recharging the batteries.
“I am quite conscious some of the players need a break and the most important thing is they get a breather now.
“But we are desperate to get back to winning ways when we come back.”
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