Fraizer Campbell shows Huddersfield Town what they have been missing with beautiful volley

It was a really specialised effort too, volleying a left-wing cross in after 55 minutes.

Corberan's brief is to weave pretty patterns on the pitch but it still needs someone to finish them off. With Danny Ward and Campbell injured, Steve Mounie sold and Karlan Grant expecting to be, they had not had the luxury of a starting No 9 until the visit of Nottingham Forest, at least in the league.

For all the evolutionary work Corberan is carrying out, it was two Danny Cowley signings behind the only goal of the game.

Left-back Harry Toffolo crossed the ball and Campbell contorted himself brilliantly around it.

For a team yet to score or even avoid defeat in their first three matches of the season – the same is still true of Forest – Huddersfield knocked the ball around quite confidently, doing their best to use the full width of the pitch. Jonathan Hogg played an excellent ball out to Josh Koroma in the tenth minute but unable to decide whether he should head or kick the cross, Alex Pritchard, playing in the hole of a 4-2-3-1, did neither.

Often when Huddersfield had the ball deep the holding midfielder would drop in or a full-back come across to make the central defensive three they would finish with. Many was the time Corberan, watched by his old boss, the masked Marcelo Bielsa, furiously gestured for his team to push up the pitch when the ball was in Forest's half.

Summer signing Pipa rivalled Campbell for the game's most exquisite bit of skill, the right-back nutmegging Tyler Blackett with a backheel, but went to ground very easily when Sammy Ameobi came over to take the ball off him in the area.

Starting for the first time under Corberan, the fit-again Campbell started but he was just unable to take advantage of Brice Samba's spill when another Hogg pass out to Koroma produced a shot.

The winger, on loan at Rotherham United last season, picked the pocket of Jack Colback after the midfielder's poor touch on the half-hour, but his shot was deflected.

Campbell got his head to an Isaac Mbenza cross but with it just behind him, directing it on goal was asking too much.

For all that Huddersfield had more of the ball, a much-changed Forest had the better chances of the first 45 minutes.

Ben Hamer made outstanding saves when Ameobi made space for a shot, and from Loic Mbe Soh. The 19-year-old centre-back was one of four debutants in a team featuring seven changes from the previous league game. They have a squad depth Town can only dream of.

Shortly before half-time on-loan Ajax midfielder Carel Eiting made his Town debut as Hogg's troublesome hip again got the better of him.

Hogg had been involved in controversy inside 50 seconds.

“Look it's obvious!” Harry Arter screamed at the fourth official, his sock rolled down, pointing at the two long scrapes Hogg had left down his shin going over the top at the ball. Huddersfield's captain for the day escaped a card, but only for the ten minutes until he clattered into Ameobi.

Even ten minutes into the second half, Campbell's brilliant volley looked a likely match-winner.

With youngster Romoney Critchlow a reassuring presence in central defence as Naby Sarr was not risked, Huddersfield defended their lead well and caused problems on the counter-attack. For all the attacking talent poured off the bench, Hamer had a much quieter second half.

In the final ten minutes the ball ping-ponged around Forest's area as Adama Diakhaby, facing the club he was on loan with last season, failed to bury Koroma's cross, Juninho Bacuna had a shot blocked and then Diakhaby and Bacuna contrived to carve the visitors wide open but both allow Bryce Samba to make saves. Bacuna dragged a stoppage-time shot wide.

By then, Campbell had gone off having fallen badly on his back and the Terriers were back to missing a centre-forward, Pritchard doing his best to lead the line but at times dropping into a 5-5-0 formation to help his defenders.

In his 81 minutes on the field, though, Campbell had more than done his job.

Huddersfield Town: Hamer; Pipa, Stearman, Crichlow, Toffolo; Hogg (Eiting 43), Bacuna; Mbenza (Diakhaby 66), Pritchard, Koroma; Campbell (Brown 81).

Not used: Duhaney, Daly, Olagunju, Pereira.

Nottingham Forest: Samba; Christie, Mbe Soh, McKenna, Blackett; Colback; Ameobi, Arter, Sow (Mighten 57), Freeman (Lolley 77); Taylor (Grabban 65).

Not used: Smith, Dawson, Yates, Darikwa.

Referee: O Langford (West Midlands).

Support The Yorkshire Post and become a subscriber today.

Your subscription will help us to continue to bring quality news to the people of Yorkshire. In return, you’ll see fewer ads on site, get free access to our app and receive exclusive members-only offers.

So, please - if you can - pay for our work. Just £5 per month is the starting point. If you think that which we are trying to achieve is worth more, you can pay us what you think we are worth. By doing so, you will be investing in something that is becoming increasingly rare. Independent journalism that cares less about right and left and more about right and wrong. Journalism you can trust.

Thank you,

James Mitchinson