Wells: Magpies defeat is not decisive factor

NAHKI Wells says that Huddersfield Town’s season will not be decided by Saturday’s defeat against Championship leaders Newcastle.

Wells said mathematically anything was still possible and added: “There are a lot of twists to come yet in the league.

“Some teams may go without a win, and we could easily get results which we have done before by getting three or four wins on the bounce.

“There is a lot to play for, nothing is decided yet. We could win the league or still finish outside the play-offs, mathematically.

“We are focused on one game at a time. We want to get promotion, we understand what it takes but the Newcastle result was a backward step.”

Wells continued: “Anything is possible, and Newcastle have taken another step forward.

“With Brighton dropping points I would like to think mathematically we could still win the league.

“However it is going to be tough and we have to get over the Newcastle result quickly. On Tuesday we could beat Aston Villa and it all looks very different again.”

Wells refused to dwell on the decisions that went against Town on Saturday including the penalty he conceded which saw Matt Ritchie put Newcastle ahead.

“Decisions went against us,” he said. “Sometimes there were calls that went their way which maybe should not have. We feel harshly done by in a way but we have to accept it and move on.” ■■Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tyrone Mings have both been charged by the Football Association for incidents of alleged violent conduct in Saturday’s 1-1 draw between Manchester United and Bournemouth.

Cherries defender Mings stood on the head of Ibrahimovic moments before the United striker’s elbow struck the Bournemouth player just before half-time at Old Trafford in two incidents that were not seen by referee Kevin Friend and went unpunished at the time.

Ibrahimovic faces the possibility of a three-match ban, which would see him miss United’s FA Cup trip to Chelsea and Premier League games with Middlesbrough and West Brom, while the FA has submitted a claim that a similar punishment for Mings is “clearly insufficient”.

An FA statement read: “Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tyrone Mings have both been charged with alleged violent conduct following the Manchester United versus AFC Bournemouth game. Both players have until 6pm on today to reply to their charge.”