BURTON SUPERSUB IRVINE SEALS THE POINTS AGAINST 10-MAN TOWN

A spectator for the majority of the game but did what he needed to do well enough until he conceded the late oal Nahki Wells when he came on – 6 Elias Kachunga Wells, came on to try to break the deadlock but found there was no way through – 6 Philip Billing Didn’t have time to make an impact in the middle of the pitch – 5 AN injury-time winner from Burton Albion’s Jackson Irvine left Huddersfield Town’s automatic promotion hopes in tatters at the John Smith’s Stadium.

Despite Town dominating the game, the Australian international came off the bench in the second half to claim an unlikely win for the SkyBet Championship strugglers.

The Brewers frustrated head coach David Wagner’s side throughout with the home side’s best chance coming in the third minute as Tommy Smith forced a low near-post save from Jon McLaughlin.

And while both sides had penalty decisions waved away by Tyne and Wear official Scott Duncan, the Brewers failed to create a single effort in the opening 45 minutes.

The second-half was little better, despite the introduction of forwards Elias Kachunga and Nahki Wells.

Town’s misery was then compounded by midfielder Dean Whitehead’s dismissal for a second bookable offence in the 88th minute, before Irvine sealed all three points for the visitors in stoppage-time.

The defeat leaves Town in third position but crucially now nine and ten points behind Brighton & Hove Albion and table-toppers Newcastle United, respectively.

Ahead of the game head coach Wagner made five changes to the side which lost 4-0 at Bristol City with Joe Lolley and Jack Payne making their first league starts home since the opening day of the season.

The duo replaced Kachunga, who dropped to the bench, and the injured Izzy Brown with Dean Whitehead coming in for Jonathan Hogg while Michael Hefele and Collin Quaner also started for the home side.

The fortnight’s break for international football felt like an eternity, especially after signing off with the heavy Ashton Gate defeat as Town started the game patiently playing the ball around.

Burton’s tactics were blatantly obvious from the offset, playing a narrow 3-5-2 formation with plenty of men behind the ball in order to keep the game tight and frustrate a free-flowing Huddersfield Town.

However, the Brewers were