Huddersfield Town boss Lee Grant on what pleased him the most in 5-0 rout - plus an update on Terriers midfielder
ON an afternoon when five-star Huddersfield Town displayed their ruthless side en route to their biggest league win since January 2016, Lee Grant was more pleased with their unyielding defensive performance than anything else.
Town secured their fifth successive victory on Boxing Day to move up to the cusp of the play-offs on an occasion when their stellar attacking display, headlined by Leo Castledine and Bojan Radulovic, earned plenty of deserved plaudits.
A first home clean sheet since September 20 was the biggest tick in the box for Grant.
The Town chief, whose side host Northampton Town on Monday, said: "It was a nice one. It's lovely at this time of year to get people in the stadium and perhaps there were one or two in that haven't seen us a great deal and the time of year brings them to support their local club.
"It's nice to be able to give a really good honest fair reflection of what I think who we are and send them away with a really good feeling about the group.
"I was pleased with the way the group had a bit of freedom about their execution and found different ways to cause them problems.
"The most important part, being really honest, was matching and marrying that up with a really ruthless and determined defensive performance that gets us the clean sheet we've all been really working hard for."
Grant confirmed that Ben Wiles missed the game through illness while a couple of starters cast aside a touch of sickness to line up for the hosts.
He added: " Ben wasn't with us, he's ill. We had two others that (also) started the game not feeling good.
"They've had all sorts going on over Christmas Day and were not able to enjoy it in the way they would have liked and they stepped out there and got the job done. So that was very good from them."