Huddersfield interim boss Jon Worthington was delighted to see his side return to winning ways and maintain their top-six hopes as they claimed a 2-1 victory at home to Mansfield.
After the visitors wasted the best chances of the first hour of the game, Ruben Roosken and Ben Wiles set each other up to give Huddersfield a two-goal lead before Dominic Dwyer headed home what proved to be a late consolation goal for Mansfield.
Worthington said: “It has been a tough week in terms of results. At this moment in time, it’s all focused on the results, not the performances.
“So I’m just really pleased for the lads that we’ve shifted the momentum again. The pendulum is going to keep swinging. It’s a bit of a roller coaster from where we’re at, but we’ve got to build on that again
“There’s never going to be any easy game in this league. Mansfield have a good manager and a good team, and so you have to be patient.
“Yes, we weathered some moments, absolutely, but that’s part and parcel of football. Second half, we tweaked a few things at half-time, and it allowed us to get a little bit higher up the pitch and get more pressure on the ball.
“We were really pleased with the impact of the subs. That’s what it’s about. It’s a squad game, it’s not just about the stars.
“I think with our decision making we showed some real unselfish and right decisions in the right moments. Those are the key things when you’re in the attacking third with the quality we have.”
Mansfield boss Nigel Clough said: “That’s two games now with narrow defeats against top sides, Charlton and now Huddersfield – ex-Premier League sides. We just need that extra little bit.
“It might be the players that we’re missing, but most certainly, if they hang around then it’ll be five or six better players for next season that we can take advantage of.
“There’s nothing wrong with this formation, the way we’re trying to play – 80 to 90 per cent of what we’re doing is very good indeed.
“It’s just that final bit that needs improvement in quality, play wise, that we need to see it through.
“We’ve maintained the gap to the bottom four, which is very good news, and we’ve ticked off another tough fixture for us.
“We need three points to get 50. I think we keep playing exactly as we’ve been doing the last couple of games, and especially if we can get somebody just to get us that goal, or whatever, with that belief.
“But I don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying we’re pleased with most of what we did.”
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