We could not have asked for more: Chris

TOWN centre-back Christopher Schindler believes the Terriers have “arrived” in the Premier League following their sensational debut display against Crystal Palace.

Town hammered the south London side 3-0, with record signing Steve Mounie scoring a brace after a Joel Ward own goal.

And vice captain Schindler hailed Town’s “unbelievable” start to life in the top flight - a competition he knows is much more difficult than the Championship.

“With the start of the pre-season and the first friendly matches we knew the quality we were facing was really high and much higher than it was in the Championship,” said Schindler, whose match rating of 5 in yesterday’s Examiner was a mistake and should have read 8.

“When you make a little mistake it can cause you to concede and that was what we were aware of.

“(We needed to) have a good start, a good shape in our team, defend together, help each other and sometimes when you do this you get a little bit of luck in a few situations that you need to win a game.

“After the clean sheet, with this start, I think we have arrived in the Premier League – but it’s just a first step and every game is different.

“We want to keep this going in the next game in front of our supporters.”

He added: “You cannot wish for more – it was really unbelievable.

“I think, especially in the first minutes, you could see that we were aggressive and we wanted to show them that we had not just come here to draw or not to concede too many goals.

“We played for the three points and in the first half especially we put so much pressure on them in their first third.

“They could only hit the long ball and we were there for the second.

“We were really clinical in front of goal – this helped us a lot.

“In one or two situations we were lucky, but in one or two situations we could have even scored another goal.

“I think of Steve Mounie when he went one-on-one with the goalkeeper and got caught, or Tom Ince in the first half.

“We can be very happy with our performance and we know there is still a lot of space for us to improve and that’s what we will be working on in the next training sessions.”

Schindler highlighted the performances of three of his new teammates, with Jonas Lossl, Mounie and Mathias Jorgensen all receiving praise from the man who netted the crucial penalty in last season’s play-off final victory.

“Jonas saved us a few situations but that’s what he’s paid for.

“Steve is a threat in the air and the 18 yard box and Zanka (Jorgensen) also had a really good game, and I think the communication between us two was really good.”