‘We need to learn fast and learn from our mistakes’ says Huddersfield Town boss

Huddersfield Town head coach Carlos Corberan admits his side need to defend better after losing this seven-goal thriller.
Huddersfield Town manager Carlos Corberan.Huddersfield Town manager Carlos Corberan.
Huddersfield Town manager Carlos Corberan.

Carel Eiting volleyed Huddersfield ahead after 24 minutes before Tyrese Campbell gave Stoke the lead with a quickfire brace.

Isaac Mbenza levelled in the 40th minute before Richard Stearman’s own goal saw Stoke lead at half-time.

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Sam Clucas made it four with a brilliant individual goal in the 57th minutes before Naby Saar gave Huddersfield hope on the hour mark but could not find the equaliser.

“To win games, you need to compete well and in some moments here, we needed to find better solutions to situations,” said Corberan.

“That’s why we played well, but leave with nothing. We have to avoid their first three goals. We performed well in some parts of the game but didn’t get a positive result.

“We know how strong Stoke can be at set-pieces and we didn’t defend the second ball well enough.

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“We made two mistakes playing out from the back and we cannot lose our concentration.

“We need to be thinking about the consequences of what we do. It was a lack of understanding of what happens in that moment.

“We want to perform well, we think if we do that we have enough to win the game. We need to know how to manage moments so we can compete better and solve the situations we are faced with.

“We need to analyse the game. It is one thing to perform well but we have to compete well as well to get the points.

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“Our target is to add points. Our target is to try and perform to deserve the points. We need to learn fast and learn from our mistakes.”

“Tyrese Campbell was terrific,” said Stoke chief Michael O’Neill. “We know what he is capable of.”

Stoke City: Bursik, Smith, Souttar, Batth, Fox, Mikel, Clucas; Brown (Collins 66), Powell (Gregory 86), Campbell (Vokes 86); Fletcher (Cousins 73). Unused substitutes: Ince, Chester, Oakley-Boothe, Tymon, Nna Noukeu.

Huddersfield Town: Joel Pereira, Duhaney (Bacuna 59), Stearman, Sarr; Toffolo, Eiting, Hogg (Daly 88), O’Brien, Mbenza (Diakhaby 87); Campbell, Koroma (Ward 59). Unused substitutes: Schindler, Brown, Rowe, Schofield, Edmonds-Green.

Referee: J Gillett (Australia).

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