Huddersfield Town 1 Wolves 0: Nahki Wells grabs his second chance to boost Terriers

Wells had squandered a great chance to score previously, but kept his head to grab the winner 11 minutes from time, his third goal in four matches.

Wagner said: “Nahki Wells has a strong mentality and I believe in his ability to score goals.

“He knows he will always get chances in this team and stayed focused after missing one.”

The win meant back-to-back victories for the first time under Wagner, who said: “Everyone can be very proud of this performance.

“Wolves made it very difficult for us. It was very tight and there wasn’t much space, but there was lots of hard work and we never gave up.

“It is easy to play football if you are creating chances and scoring goals, but when it is really tight you have to concentrate.”

Jamie Paterson hit the foot of a post for Town in the first half and Tommy Rowe went closest for Wolves before the break, pulling his shot wide.

Wells should have struck in the 64th minute when Danny Batth failed to cut out James Husband’s cross, but his control let him down.

Joe Mason had the ball in the net for Wolves but was offside, leaving the way clear for Wells to grab the glory in the 79th minute.

Harry Bunn, Karim Matmour and Elvis Manu were involved in the build-up before Husband whipped in a cross for Wells to fire home from 10 yards.

Huddersfield Town: Steer, Smith, Hudson, Lynch, Husband, Hogg, Billing, Bunn, Paterson (Matmour 59), Lolley (Manu 75), Wells (Cranie 90). Unused substitutes: Whitehead, Murphy, Dempsey, Bajaj.

Wolverhampton: Ikeme, Iorfa, Batth, Ebanks-Landell, Doherty, Coady, Saville, van La Parra, Mason, Rowe (Byrne 78), Sigurdarson. Unused substitutes: McDonald, Price, Martinez, Deslandes, Le Fondre, Hause.

Referee: K Wright (Cambs).

Man of the match: Nahki Wells.