WIN LEAVES DAN FEELING OVER MOUN

DANNY COWLEY hailed his Huddersfield side’s powers of recovery after Steve Mounie’s strike sealed their first comeback win for more than two years.

Mounie (above) hit a second goal in three games to lift the Terriers seven points clear of danger as they inflicted a first defeat in nine games on play-off chasing Blackburn.

Town were the only club in the bottom eight to win, with back-toback home victories setting them up for the crunch New Year’s Day visit from relegation rivals Stoke.

Boss Cowley’s patched-up side held on through nine minutes of second-half stoppage time and he said: “Steve’s was a goal worthy of winning any game.

“We showed real resilience and character to fight back from a bad start. Credit to the lads for sticking at it. We were worthy winners.”

Blackburn have made a habit of scoring early on their travels this term and were at it again as Danny Graham was given the freedom of the penalty box to nod them ahead on seven minutes.

Jon Gorenc Stankovic dived in to head a 25th-minute equaliser from Juninho Bacuna’s free-kick.

But Huddersfield had to wait until 19 minutes from time to seal victory when Lewis O’brien won possession to release Mounie, who strode forward and unleashed an unstoppable 25-yard effort.

And a fine save from Kamil Grabara kept out a header from Tosin Adarabioyo to prevent a late Rovers leveller.

Blackburn chief Tony Mowbray said: “It’s a frustrating result, but I can’t be overly critical.”