Huddersfield boss Liam Manning was thrilled to make it three wins from three since arriving at the club after a 3-2 victory over Peterborough – but would probably prefer his side made it a bit more straightforward.
The Terriers beat both Bradford and Luton with 10 men, and here they allowed a two-goal lead to slip away to Peterborough before winning it in the 89th minute.
Manning said: “We’ve not made it easy on my heart this week. When we’ve had a week like we have, after getting through extremely tough games against teams that are around us, and obviously Peterborough are on a really good run of form…to come away with nine points is incredible.
“We have to give the lads a huge amount of credit. To go from two up, to then get back to 2-2, the way we responded just speaks volumes about the group again.
“Whether it’s subs coming on, or people coming into the squad being ready to have an impact, when you look at the week we’ve had, we couldn’t have had a probably better example of it.
“That’s an experience that will help us in the future. It takes two seconds to score a goal, so like we said to the lads, we haven’t got time to feel sorry for ourselves. You have to keep fighting to the end. Never give up, and you get rewards.
“We should never, ever turn your nose up at three points. It’s a special feeling. I’m sure the lads will go home and hopefully have a beer or two and enjoy their weekend.”
Peterborough boss Luke Williams was left disappointed for his side that their late fightback to make it 2-2 in the 85th minute ended up being in vain.
He said: “It was such a tough game, but I was so impressed with the response after conceding the second goal.
“I really feel for the players, because I think they deserve the point. That’s a big blow for us.
“You can’t always play your best. I’ve never doubted their quality, their talent, their commitment to the team, far from it, not one bit. They’ve done fantastically well.
“But their last goal is avoidable because it’s a marking issue and I don’t think there was something so clever that it was difficult to get to grips with what they’d done, because they make a trick action or something and free up the play.
“There’s a ball slung into the box, and a player has got across one of ours and got the first contact. It’s tough to take that –and, of course, it happens at all levels in football, but when you’re on the receiving end, it hurts.”
