Leicester City 6 Huddersfield Town 1: We were architects of our own downfall – Grayson

HUDDERSFIELD Town’s winless run was stretched to 10 games by this hammering in which Chris Wood marked his Leicester City debut with a brace.

New Zealand international Wood, who netted 11 times on loan at Millwall before he was recalled by West Brom, completed his switch to the King Power Stadium yesterday morning and needed just six minutes to open his Leicester account.

Wood formed an excellent understanding with David Nugent and added his second midway through the first half before Ritchie De Laet’s first Foxes goal capped off an outstanding 45 minutes for the home side.

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Things got better for Leicester after the break as Anthony Knockaert bagged a quickfire brace and, after Scott Arfield netted a consolation, Martyn Waghorn converted late on to help Leicester secure their second successive victory.

Disappointed Huddersfield manager Simon Grayson conceded his team’s performance was a long way below par.

“We wanted to start the new year in a positive manner but (yesterday) could not have been any worse for us,” said Grayson.

“We wanted to be hard to beat and make sure it was a difficult afternoon for Leicester and make sure they didn’t have an easy ride.

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“But the way we started the game allowed them to dictate to us what they wanted to do.

“Before we knew it we were a couple of goals down and too many times made the wrong decisions.

“The third goal probably summed us up when we decided to play kamikaze football across the back.

“At half-time we talked about restoring some pride and respectability, but before you know it we are four goals down and it becomes a real hard slog.

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“As a team we didn’t play well enough and made poor decisions against one of the best, if not the best, team in the division.

“We were lacklustre and architects of our own downfall.”

Leicester manager, Nigel Pearson, added: “It was not a bad way to start the new year, was it?”

“It was a very good team performance. We have had a tough run of late when our performances have not always got the points we deserved. But when you look at the Christmas and New Year period taken together, the only game we have lost we should have won.

“But we have done okay and we have hung on in there in what has been a tough period.”

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Leicester City: Schmeichel, Keane, Konchesky, Morgan, De Laet, Marshall (Dyer 66), Drinkwater, James, Knockaert (Gallagher 74), Nugent (Waghorn 57), Wood. Unused substitutes: Logan, King, Moore, Futacs.

Huddersfield Town: Smithies (Bennett 46), Wallace, Lynch (Dixon 55), Gerrard, Hammill, Hunt, Arfield, Southern, Clayton (Norwood 81), Novak, Vaughan. Unused substitutes: Peter Clarke, Scannell, Robinson, Atkinson.

Referee: Mark Haywood (W Yorkshire).