'Tells you a lot about them' - Martin Drury enthused by Huddersfield Town after rout of Liverpool U21s
Martin Drury spoke after Huddersfield Town’s 4-0 EFL Trophy win over Liverpool Under-21s
Martin Drury believes the way his Huddersfield Town players have responded to setbacks this season says a lot about them.
The Terriers suffered only their second defeat of the season at the weekend, exiting the FA Cup after a 2-1 loss to fourth-tier Exeter City.
Drury’s men bounced back in style last night (November 10), completing a 4-0 rout of Liverpool Under-21s in their final EFL Trophy group stage game. Joe Taylor fired Huddersfield into a two-goal lead inside the opening 31 minutesd before Joe Low and Cameron Ashia built the advantage.
Martin Drury on Huddersfield Town’s mentality
“The players have been good,” Drury told HTTV. “It was, as I said, difficult on Saturday.
“I think last time we had a difficult result at Bromley earlier on in the season, to respond the way the players did back then, and then for them to do that tonight, just in terms of mentality and approach to it, it's pleasing and tells you a lot about them and the humility of them.
“Hopefully, that puts us in a better position psychologically as we move over the next 10 days and into the next game in the league.”
Assessment of performance
Huddersfield made changes for the visit of Liverpool’s youngsters, taking the opportunity to rotate with progress into the next round of the competition already assured.
“The performance overall wasn't clean,” said Drury. “It wasn't perfect.
“But as I've said before, that's not my expectation. With players coming in and making 10 changes from Saturday and six on Saturday, there's loads of things going on. But I felt overall against a difficult team, I thought we applied ourselves properly.
“I thought the mentality and attitude of the players towards the game was where it needed to be. [There are] loads of things for us to get better at, loads and loads of things to improve on.
“They certainly looked and felt a little bit more like us than they did on Saturday. As I said, we get invaluable minutes into people and certain players that needed it.”