Town’s Skipper Hudson defended by teammate Schindler

the match had restarted following a serious injury to Jonathan Hogg in which the midfielder had collided with the Huddersfield Town captain.

Bristol City went on to win the game 4-0 with further goals from Abraham, Aden Flint and a David Cotterill penalty on a night of a number of poor performances for David Wagner’s men.

“I think the whole trip was difficult from start to finish,” said Christopher Schindler.

“Michael Hefele was feeling sick before the game and then we had the injury to Jonathan Hogg.

“It was such a shock to see someone like Hoggy lying like that and I just hope he is going to be alright.”

But the 26-year-old was quick to echo the sentiments of his manager in that there can be no excuses for the poor performance at Ashton Gate.

“Yes it was a horrible scene but it can’t excuse what happened next – after that we made mistakes and they (Bristol City) exploited it,” the defender said.

“In the second half we tried to come back into the game but we cannot con-