After taking the lead in the first half it was a backs-to-the-wall job after the break which looked like yielding a point until Jonson Clarke-Harris headed into his own net.
Here are the Millers' ratings from the game at Deepdale and the chance to add your own.
Lee Camp 9 - Defeat would have been settled long
before injury time had it not been for a string of second-half saves
from Camp, the most impressive a superb instinctive stop to keep out
Eoin Doyle.
Shay Facey 7 - A solid debut from Facey, who has
been training with the Millers for a while. He clearly has pace and
the ability to get out of trouble and defended well.
Kirk Broadfoot 7 - Another powerful and battling
display from Broadfoot who has become the kingpin of the Millers
defence. Always in the right place and produced several vital headers
and clearances.
Farrend Rawson 6 - It was a rare off day for
Rawson, who was below his usual best. He hobbled off with injury in
the latter stages.
Joe Mattock 7 - Mattock has quietly made the
left-back position his own and again performed well at Deepdale.
Produced some last-gasp blocks and got forward well.
Grant Ward 6 - It was one of those games for
Ward where everything he tried didn't quite come off. Provided energy
and legs but wasted the ball in good areas.
Richie Smallwood 6 - Never lacked for effort and
was his bustling self but did not have the usual influence.
Lee Frecklington 5 - Not on the pitch long enough
to make an impact and now looks like being out for several weeks with
a hamstring injury.
Joe Newell 6 - He produced moments of the Newell
we have seen over the last few weeks and remains dangerous with the
ball, but did not do enough.
Tony Andreu 7 - Architect and scorer of the
Millers' goal, Andreu's resurgence continues and he looked the most
creative player until withdrawn due to a change of shape.
Danny Ward 6 - Things could have been so much
different had Ward scored when being put through in the first half.
Not at the level of recent games.
Subs
Paul Green 7 - After arriving as an early
replacement for Frecklington, it was the most minutes Green has had
since the Ipswich game and he let no one down. Solid on the ball and produced a goal-saving block from Joe Garner in the first half.
Jonson Clarke-Harris 4 - The Millers needed so
much more from their striker, but he looked disinterested and void of
effort. Proved once and for all that he cannot be relied upon in a
lone striking role and a poor afternoon was topped off with the
last-gasp own goal.
Danny Collins 5 - Came on for Rawson and won
several important headers, but his skewed clearance gave Preston
ground for the throw-in from which they scored the winner.
