1..BOURNEMOUTH

Howe: We failed to reward our fans

United had plunged Town into the bottom three for the first time and Wagner was delighted with his players’ response.

“We’ve seen some fantastic individual performances from some of our players and collectively we attacked very well,” he said.

Pritchard marked just his second start for the Terriers and first at the John Smith’s Stadium following his switch from Norwich for a reported £12million last month with an eye-catching display.

“He was a handful. His link-up play was very good. He played fantastic.

“He worked defensively very intelligently. He is a talent and this is why we signed him.” AFC BOURNEMOUTH boss Eddie Howe believes the Huddersfield Town fans played a crucial role in the Terriers’ 4-1 victory over the Cherries.

The John Smith’s Stadium was a cauldron of noise, with the atmosphere raised even further by Alex Pritchard’s opening goal after just seven minutes.

Although Bournemouth equalised shortly afterwards, the small number of travelling fans – who had to leave in the early hours of the morning to make it to West Yorkshire in time for kick-off – could not be heard over the vocal home support.

And that support only got louder as the day went on, with Steve Mounie’s brace and Rajiv Van La Parra’s late converted penalty giving the Town faithful a lot to cheer.

The Bournemouth manager believes that level of support made all the difference on the day, with his players “affected” by the home crowd.

After the match, Howe said: “I apologise to the Bournemouth fans for the performance.

“There’s not much else I can say.

“When you’re aware of the financial and time sacrifices that people make, you want to reward them with an inspiring performance, one that they can go away and talk about for many years. I don’t think that will be happening after that.”