Nottm Forest 0 Huddersfield Town 1: Powell sees Terriers gaining in self-belief

The Terriers’ victory at the City Ground completed a double over Nottingham Forest and came through a smart finish from Sean Scannell just before the interval.

The win followed on from Huddersfield’s success over promotion-chasing Ipswich and Powell believes they are starting to prove what they are capable of as they go toe-to-toe with some of the stronger sides in the division.

“We have shown our fans what we are capable of which is important, because we haven’t always done it.

“We have always managed games well in the past, that has been there for all to see,” he said.

“But in the last few games, I feel that we are managing games really, really well now. Our fans can go home happy after that. We want them to be proud of their team, we want them to see us put a shift in. That is what they want too.

“I have to instil the confidence and belief into these players that they can play at this level, because they can. The Championship gets harder every season and it will do again next season. We are trying to make our mark, that is all we want to do. It is a tough league.

“It was the type of performance that we need to produce more often away from home.

“You give yourself a platform to build on and then you look to grow into the game and that is what we did. We have to believe that we can do it.”

Nottingham Forest: Darlow, Lichaj, Hobbs, Wilson, Fox, Mancienne, Christopher Burke, Lansbury (Osborn 64), Vaughan (Walker 55), Antonio (Oliver Burke 75), Akpom. Unused substitutes: Lascelles, Kane, Paterson, Evtimov.

Huddersfield Town: Smithies, Smith, Hudson, Lynch, Scannell, Coady, Gobern, Butterfield (Wallace 90), James, Vaughan (Miller 88), Wells (Hogg 78). Unused substitutes: Edgar, Murphy, Lolley, Carroll.

Referee: D Deadman (Cambridgeshire).