Corberan disappointed with Town’s defending
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1 BOURNEMOUTH 2
PHILIP BILLING scored against his former club as Bournemouth beat Huddersfield Town 2-1 in the Sky Bet Championship.
A crisp finish from Billing opened the scoring after 15 minutes, before Dominic Solanke’s thunderous strike from 20 yards doubled the advantage a minute before half-time.
Terriers’ full-back Lewis O’Brien thumped the woodwork soon after the restart, before skipper Jonathan Hogg nodded home with 15 minutes still remaining, and an unlikely comeback looked on.
However, the Cherries hung on rather comfortably, leaving Huddersfield boss Carlos Corberan to reflect on two victory-clinching Bournemouth strikes that could have been better defended.
Corberan said: “In that first half we conceded the two goals which really could have been avoided I thought, and that’s a little disappointing.
“We know Bournemouth are a very good team of course, but we were trying to control the game in the first half, but these things happen.
“We conceded the second goal at a really bad time, then in the second half, though we played positively and worked hard, we couldn’t create enough chances.
“The reaction of the whole team was good in the second half, though.
“It was a very good effort, very positive, and we kept the game alive right until the end. We’ve still got five very important games left now. We need all our players to keep making a positive impact between now and the end of the season, even from the bench.
“I understand the frustrations of the fans, but I hope they’re not too hard on the players.”
Bournemouth boss Jonathan Woodgate urged his side to be more clinical.
“It was pretty comfortable until they scored with 15 to go,” said Woodgate. “The Championship is a tough league of course, and you can’t afford to let opposition teams off the hook.” Huddersfield: Schofield, Edmonds-Green (Thomas 54), Keogh, Sarr, Hogg, Mbenza (Aarons 46), Bacuna (High 71), O’Brien, Rowe, Campbell (Ward 54), Holmes (Brown 85). Unused substitutes: Pipa, Pritchard, Stearman, Joel Pereira.
Bournemouth: Begovic, Smith, CarterVickers, Steve Cook, Kelly, Pearson, Lerma, Brooks (Stacey 64), Billing, Danjuma (Stanislas 72), Solanke (Surridge 88). Unused substitutes: Mepham, Wilshere, Riquelme, Rico, Travers, Anthony.
Referee: J Simpson (Lancashire).