Huddersfield boss Andre Breitenreiter was delighted to have secured a “dirty” win after his side sealed a dramatic 1-0 success against fellow strugglers Millwall.
Substitute Rhys Healey pounced for the Terriers’ late, late winner in added time, one which handed his side a first win in seven games and lifted them out of the Championship drop zone.
A clearly relieved Breitenreiter said: “It’s an absolutely massive win for us, of course.
“It was not easy for us, especially in the first half, after the first 25 minutes or so we created a number of chances, but we just didn’t score.
“When it got so late into the game we still had the team’s belief and that of the supporters, and in the end we got the goal right at the end.
“We said in the pre-match press conference that sometimes you need that dirty win, and we’ve got a dirty win today.
“Now we need some more wins in these last few games.
“I definitely wasn’t satisfied with the first-half performance, and so I spoke to the players at half-time about being brave and maintaining that belief.”
Both teams created decent opportunities in what proved to be an entertaining goalless opening 45 minutes at the John Smith’s Stadium.
Delano Burgzorg and Josh Koroma went closest for the Terriers, while Jake Cooper somehow headed over the top from close range for Millwall.
As the second half progressed and further chances were missed at both ends, it was looking odds-on this one was going to end goalless, until sub Healey finally broke Millwall’s resistance in such dramatic fashion.
It was a cruel blow for Lions boss Neil Harris, whose side have now lost three of their last four games.
They are now just two points clear of the Championship relegation zone and are clearly being dragged into the scrap.
Harris said: “Obviously to lose a game like that so late is a huge disappointment for everyone.
“I thought the players responded quite well to the late defeat at Rotherham the other night.
“There was no lack of application or desire out there I thought.
“But having said that, I do expect to see much more quality from a team at Championship level.
“We know where we are, both on and off the pitch, but overall we need a stronger mentality, particularly late in games like we saw today.
“We had chances, but we can’t just keep giving them up.
“We need to make improvements to the team in the transfer window, clearly.
“Too many times we missed those chances I mention, some of them nigh-on open goals.
“We can control things like that away from a match day, but again today we just didn’t show enough quality and in the end it’s proved costly for us.”
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