Huddersfield Town vs Hull City. Sky Bet Championship.
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Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Huddersfield Town and Hull City at the John Smith's Stadium on Saturday | Jacob Greaves scores deep into stoppage-time to earn Tigers win.
Monday 19 February 2024 11:09, UK
Hull captain Jacob Greaves snatched a dramatic stoppage-time winner as his side kept pace in the Championship play-off race with a 2-1 victory at Huddersfield.
Greaves had put Hull ahead in the seventh minute and, after Jack Rudoni had seemingly earned the home side a point in added time, netted a diving header in the dying stages to earn victory.
Back-to-back wins following a disappointing home defeat by Swansea has left Liam Rosenior's side out of the top six only on goal difference while the Terriers lie two points above the relegation zone.
Jaden Philogene forced Huddersfield goalkeeper Lee Nicholls to deflect over for the first corner when the forward made the most of good work by Fabio Carvalho and Ozan Tufan to shoot from the edge of the area.
The Terriers failed to clear it and when the ball fell to Greaves 12 yards out, he hooked left footed towards goal and a diving Nicholls got a hand to it but was unable to stop it crossing the line.
Hull should then have paid the price for giving the ball away at the back, but Josh Koroma curled well over from 20 yards.
The visitors were forced into the first change after half an hour as on-loan Liverpool midfielder Tyler Morton limped off following a second spell of treatment.
Ben Wiles' rising shot was beaten away by Hull goalkeeper Ryan Allsop diving high to his right to preserve his side's lead five minutes before the interval.
Alex Matos shot through the legs of Alfie Jones, but Allsop got down to block the midfielder's shot after 50 minutes as the home side tried to force their way back into the game.
Sorba Thomas sent Rudoni clear inside his full-back with a pinpoint pass but the cross from the winger failed to reach a Huddersfield player.
The pressure was increasing from the Terriers and when Thomas curled in a cross from the left it was just too deep for Rudoni.
Tufan sent a dangerous ball across the home box which Jonathan Hogg cleared at the expense of a corner with an hour gone.
Substitutes Brahima Diarra and Delano Burgzorg created openings in quick succession as Hull continued to weather the home side's pressure.
Thomas curled in a low shot from the left with his right foot and the ball deflected off a Hull defender before hitting the far post.
The game had entered stoppage time when Rudoni's left foot shot beat Allsop from the edge of the area.
But Huddersfield's fans were soon silenced as Greaves headed in a cross cross from substitute Abdulkadir Omur in the fourth minute of added time.
Huddersfield's interim Jon Worthington:
"The game was pretty much as I expected it to be. First half the energy levels weren't quite there.
"Second half we really re-energised. The subs gave us a little bit more impetus.
"To get back in the game so late, it was a bit of a sucker punch to lose it in the end.
"That's why you can't shut off for a minute because you get punished.
"The game kind of went the way I thought it would, but it was disappointing to lose it how we did.
"That's the fine lines against quality teams and you get punished. The players will bounce back, they will dust themselves off and get on with it."
Hull's Liam Rosenior:
"I was happy for Greavsie, it was his 200th career appearance and he captained his home team and scored two goals.
"Alfie and Greavsie were great for us today. I'm so proud of the players. That was a difficult game today. It was never going to be easy.
"Sometimes we've played way better than that and come out with a defeat or with a loss.
"What happens when you're a goal up away from home, you're caught between going for a second goal and keeping what you have got.
"As a team we have to be more switched on at throw ins. We switched off when the ball went out of play (before the Huddersfield goal). They get a cheap shot from the edge of the area and score."
