Matt Hamshaw is feeling the pressure as manager of Rotherham United as Bojan Radulovic took advantage of the Millers' malaise to help Huddersfield Town to a comfortable 3-1 victory.

That was when Radulovic, who started the campaign behind Alfie May, Joe Taylor and Dion Charles in the pecking order having had an unimpressive first 18 months in West Yorkshire and a disrupted pre-season, made his first league start of 2025-26.

In his seventh, he combined with fellow first-half goalscorers Lynden Gooch and Leo Castledine to inspire Town to a comfortable 3-1 win at Rotherham United.

Grant hailed Radulovic as an example to others, but warned he cannot afford to ease up.

"We spoke a lot on the phone before he came back (after the summer break)," he said of the Serbian striker. "He had some personal stuff going on and perhaps the way that myself and the club dealt with that helped him understand that we were here for him.

"We solved that, we got him fit and worked to get him a bit fitter. He bought into that knowing full well that being a little bit behind some of the other guys there was going to have to be some patience.

"We spoke a bit more, he waited, we spoke a bit more and he waited and in the middle of all of that he trained well. That's probably one of the best messages for the group – if you feel like it's not going your way you've got a couple of responsibilities. One of those is to show up and the next one is to have bright eyes and try and work hard and he's done that.

"The rest was down to Bojan. He gets his opportunity, he has to take it and he's done that, not just the cherry on top of a goal, he's done that with putting his body in, running a channel, blocking the middle. He's done that with pressing a centre-half and all these things that lots of people told me that he would refuse or couldn't do. He's done them all.

REVIVED: Bojan Radulovic of Huddersfield Town (Image: Pete Norton/Getty Images)

placeholder image — REVIVED: Bojan Radulovic of Huddersfield Town (Image: Pete Norton/Getty Images)

"I enjoyed watching him again run behind to be in the right place, be a thorn for the opposition. I think he's enjoying it.

"But I keep throwing the gauntlet down to Bojan to say don't think Alfie or Dion or Joe are going to settle for that either. You've got to keep fighting and pushing."

Gooch bounced back from being at fault for Wigan Athletic's equaliser the previous weekend to score the opening goal and make the other two from right wing-back.

"Lynden would have been mortally wounded after the goal that Wigan scored against us last week and we managed to get that bit right but still get the bit that Lynden's always looking for," said Grant.