Huddersfield Town 0 Rochdale 1 - Carlos Corberan takes positives from Carabao Cup exit

Eoghan O’Connell headed a 51st-minute winner from Matty Done’s free-kick.

Town dominated the first half with Harry Toffolo and Juninho Bacuna blowing good chances. O’Connell also cleared a header from Toffolo off his own line after 90 minutes to seal the victory.

“We need to accept the result and learn from the things we didn’t do well as a team,” said Corberan. “We will analyse today with a lot of detail; particularly our behaviours. We are focused to improve our squad, and at the same time we continue to work with the players ahead of the challenge of the Championship.

“We did not want to have defeat. The players did everything we asked of them. The most important thing is to continue learning from our mistakes. At this time of the season, you do not see all the things you want. We will start to move the ball faster and start to control transitions. We are thinking about where we want to be.

“I still think we created enough chances to score. We can get some positive conclusions, especially in the moments where we were brave. We finished the first half very well and had chances, but we couldn’t score. When we tried to defend high and press, I was happy.

“I’m very happy with the effort of the team and I didn’t think we deserved the result. We still have so much to work on, but the commitment is there from all.”

Huddersfield Town: Hamer, Rowe, Schindler (Diakhaby 60), Crichlow-Noble; Toffolo, Pritchard, Hogg (Mbenza 69), Jackson, Koroma; Ward (Austerfield 79), Bacuna. Unused substitutes: Stearman, Brown, Olagunju, Joel Pereira.

Rochdale: Bazunu, McLaughlin, McShane, O’Connell, Keohane; Ryan (Brierley 90), Morley, Rathbone (Baah 73), Done (Tavares 84); Newby, Dooley. Unused substitutes: McNulty, Lynch, Bradley, Dunne.

Referee: B Toner (Lancashire).

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