WE MUST STAND UP SAYS PARDS
feet on the right. An overlap from Florent Hadergjonaj helped him thread a ball across the box where Rajiv van La Parra swept home untidily with his right foot. It mattered not to 2,700 noisy Terriers’ supporters.
Moments later, a few home fans decided to take the early bus home. Alex Pritchard spotted Steve Mounie’s run off the back of Jonny Evans and the £12million striker slotted home. West Brom did not cave in. Pardew brought on Brunt, who showed up his colleagues by suggesting that the result mattered. It did to him. It was from his corner that Dawson nodded home to reduce the deficit. There was still plenty of time to grab an equaliser. But – and please forgive the blindingly obvious analogy – the Terriers stuck to the task of protecting the points like a dog with a bone. There were a few scares but nothing to unduly trouble Huddersfield boss David Wagner. He said: “I can’t moan about anything today with this deserved result. It was a six-pointer and we have won. I’m absolutely delighted.
“I’ve seen better matches but you have to show attitude and togetherness and all my players have done this.”
To his credit, Wagner did moan about the lack of technical quality. He came into the Premier League playing football. And he is going to prosper now he is in it by following the same pattern.
Wagner said: “We’ve only had one target since day one – to stay up. We are miles off from being a proper Premier League club but we have a trust and belief in each other and we will use this until the end of the season.”